Hospital staff feature in new Netflix documentary

Hospital staff across a county will feature in a new medical TV series by Netflix, an NHS trust has announced.

The six-part series, called Critical: Between Life and Death, documents patients and the decision-making of the trauma teams at Broomfield Hospital and Southend University Hospital in Essex.

The staff will feature in two episodes of the series, which is due to be released on 23 July.

Matthew Hopkins, the chief executive of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Programmes like this give a real insight into some of the truly amazing work our staff at the trust do day-in and day-out for our patients."

The episodes show staff from Broomfield Hospital work to reattach a finger of a young patient by using state-of-the-art procedures and leeches.

Mr Hopkins continued: "It's fantastic to see them at the centre of two episodes of such a powerful and exciting series that will see NHS staff showcase their caring skills and dedication to saving lives to a global audience."

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