Holby fictional hospital within the city in which "Casualty" and "Holby City" are set. It is based on the Bristol Royal Infirmary which the original script writers spent time observing in the 1980s in order to garner ideas for "Casualty". Although both shows are set in the same hospital, "Casualty" is primarily filmed in Cardiff, whilst "Holby City" is filmed in Hertfordshire at BBC Elstree Centre. The indoor shots for the first series of "Casualty" were filmed at BBC Television Centre in London. The exterior shots of the hospital used in "Casualty" were formerly filmed at the City of Bristol College;
Middlemore Hospital Middlemore Hospital Middlemore Hospital is a major public hospital in the suburb of Middlemore, Auckland, New Zealand. The hospital has approximately 800 beds. There are 24 operating theatres across two sites. Founded in 1947, Middlemore Hospital is the largest hospital in Auckland, with around 4,700 staff providing treatment to more than 91,000 inpatients and over 354,000 outpatients per year (data from 2007). The Emergency Department (ED) is the busiest mixed (adult / paediatric) ED in Australasia, with an annual census of 98,110 patients in 2011, and the rate of presentations to ED increasing at a rate of 5–8% per annum.