Malpractice is a British medical drama television series, created and written by Grace Ofori-Attah.
[3] While the respected Dr. Lucinda Edwards was treating an opioid-overdose patient, an alarm is sounded, prompting the hospital's staff rush to reception where a man is waving a gun around.
The young doctor had misheard or misinterpreted the instructions Dr Edwards gave, but when the overdose patient's influential barrister father makes a complaint and the General Medical Council decide to take the case to court, it is Dr Edwards whose job appears under most threat.
Though she wins the lawsuit, her job remains in jeopardy since the hospital board becomes determined to destroy her to maintain their public image, and her personal problems come to light and her position and life are both on the line as a major pharmaceutical conspiracy starts to unravel.
[6] Sean O'Grady from The Independent gave the first episode three out of five stars, commending the fusion of hospital drama with a style of police procedurals, but found Lucinda Edwards unengaging as a protagonist.