Holby City (series 12) CEO of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Hospital Trust, wrote a column criticizing "Holby City" and "Casualty" for misrepresenting real hospital life. Based on Sumara's critisim, Carol Cooper of "The Sun" wrote an article assessing an episode of the show for its medical portrayal, and found that while Elliot Hope and Oliver Valentine demonstrated "excellent" bedside manner, several medical examinations and procedures were carried out incorrectly, including staff members failing to call a pediatrician before performing an emergency Caesarean. Sophie Borland of the "Daily Mail" highlighted the crossover storyline with "Casualty" as an example of "Holby City" lack of realism,
Children's Hospital (UK TV series) Children's Hospital (UK TV series) Children's Hospital is a British television fly-on-the-wall documentary series based at the Sheffield Children's Hospital, Birmingham Children's Hospital, and Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool. It was broadcast on BBC One between October 1993 and February 2003. According to scholar Annette Hill, the series had "all the hallmarks of a docu-soap", saying its "personal, melodramatic stories appeal to viewers, with more than 8 million tuning into the first series, despite widespread criticism from the press." Peter Lee-Wright observes that the series marked a transition in fly-on-the-wall documentaries by shifting the emphasis from the practical considerations