ITV Malpractice viewers call out 'unrealistic' show after graphic opening scene

New ITV drama Malpractice continued tonight and after a graphic opening scene which left many feeling ill, viewers were left questioning how realistic the show is.

The gripping new drama from the writers who created Line Of Duty took ITV1 viewers on a rollercoaster on Sunday night. Last week audiences said they took a while to warm to the main character - before a twist ending changed people's minds entirely.

Malpractice, set and filmed in Leeds, it follows A&E doctor at a West Yorkshire hospital Lucinda Edwards. The drama centres around the death of a patient in A&E following an overdose.

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The start of tonight's episode was certainly intense with a car crash victim requiring some graphic surgery. The show's representation of the operation had many viewers reaching for the sick bucket.

@Firefly070 said: "That made me feel sick... so gory" and @DebbieBlackma14 agreed saying: "Well that's quite disgusting". But others weren't impressed with how the show depicts a medical setting.

The graphic opening scene had many people reaching for the sick bucket (ITV)

@s30531462 wrote: "Wonder how many other healthcare professionals have come back for round two just in case it gets more accurate"

@kristendelivers said: "Having been a serious incident investigator in the NHS I am mainly using this emoji [facepalm]. We don’t even have working OHP’s with acetate let alone the ability to bring up ‘exhibits’ on a screen from CCTV."

@Dilson27894244 wrote: "No other nurses in this ED? Just wouldn't happen, a junior Doctor left alone with not one nurse checking on them and the patients safety. Utter nonsense."

Other pointed out what they felt were serious plot holes in the story. @OliReading said: "Surely they could easily verify if someone has been called in sick."

@rozlaws said: "How did she possibly beat the ambulance back to the hospital?"

@mollytpwk_ wrote: "I’m sorry but they’re not even trying to make that body look realistic."

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