Casualty (TV series) Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as CASUALY, is a British medical drama series that airs weekly on BBC One (sometimes with a short break in the summer between series, but not always). It is the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world, and the most enduring medical drama shown on prime time television in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 6 September 1986. The original producer was Geraint Morris. The programme is set in the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead the new buildings were officially opened by the Queen Mother on 18 March 1948. An out-patients department, an accident and emergency department, a new operating theatre and a medical records department were added in 1967. A new pathology "centre of excellence" for patients from Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside, funded from a £12 million grant from the government, opened in early 2014. A new £32 million emergency care centre opened in February 2015. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is based in Sheriff Hill in Gateshead, England. It is managed by Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital