Thread:FromCasualtytoHolby/@comment-25050081-20160704091502/@comment-25050081-20160704225841

I honestly don't know much for solid evidence, I just piece lots of things together to come up with them. I believe Chloe Howman finished filming earlier this year, so Rita is pretty much definitely leaving. As for the guest characters for the 30th Tess and Josh's portrayers had it on their spotlight CV and most of the others revealed by BBC including the Holby City crossovers.

Overall predictions for this year: Rita leaving this series finale (possible death), Duffy returns ep 1 of next series to replace her. A replacement for Big Mac in October/November, along with another new registrar. Then Cal, Ethan or Lily's exit at Christmas. I can see Louise leaving next series too at some point. As I said, I do like to speculate about upcoming events!

The Rita alcoholic storyline was good, as she wasn't very prominent in the second half of series 28. Also forgot to mention - think we may get a guest appearance from Sam and Tom, but will confirm when I find out more... ;)