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Ewart was the inspiration behind the night shift when it began in 1986. The old man with the white moustache was a friend to his staff but could be very stern and short tempered with administrators. He rarely got involved in clinical work, but did from time to time get his hands 'dirty'. He would often sit alone in his office listening to his walkman. However, his dedication to saving the department put a strain on his relationship with his wife and daughter.
 
Ewart was the inspiration behind the night shift when it began in 1986. The old man with the white moustache was a friend to his staff but could be very stern and short tempered with administrators. He rarely got involved in clinical work, but did from time to time get his hands 'dirty'. He would often sit alone in his office listening to his walkman. However, his dedication to saving the department put a strain on his relationship with his wife and daughter.
   
In September 1986, Ewart's wife Roz arrives at the end of his shift with a suitcase of his belongings - their marriage is over due to the strains of Ewart's work on their relationship.{{citeep|01|02}} In November 1986, a drunk teenager is brought in after a party and is sick over Megan. She won’t talk and is revealed to be Gillian; Ewart’s daughter. She is upset about how distant her family have become.{{citeep|01|09}} A week later, she arrives to see Ewart, but he is too busy. She waits in the staff room where she chats with [[Megan Roach|Megan]] before leaving upset, without speaking to him. Megan suggests to Ewart he should ring her, but he says he hasn’t found the time.{{citeep|01|10}} After [[Lisa "Duffy" Duffin|Duffy]] is raped on her way to work the following week, Ewart comforts her and takes her home to [[Susie Mercier|Susie’s]] house.{{citeep|01|11}}
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In September 1986, Ewart's wife Roz arrived at the end of his shift with a suitcase of his belongings - their marriage was over due to the strains of Ewart's work on their relationship.{{citeep|01|02}} In November 1986, a drunk teenager was brought in after a party and was sick over Megan. She wouldn't talk and was revealed to be Gillian; Ewart’s daughter. She was upset about how distant her family had become.{{citeep|01|09}} A week later, she arrived to see Ewart, but he was too busy to see her. She waited in the staff room where she chatted with [[Megan Roach|Megan]] before leaving upset, without speaking to him. Megan suggested to Ewart he should ring her, but he said he hadn’t found the time.{{citeep|01|10}} After [[Lisa "Duffy" Duffin|Duffy]] was raped on her way to work the following week, Ewart comforted her and took her to [[Susie Mercier|Susie’s]] house to stay{{citeep|01|11}}
   
By December, the night shift and the department face an uncertain future and the staff demonstrate to save the night shift much to Ewart's surprise.{{citeep|01|15}}
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By December, the night shift and the department faced an uncertain future and the staff demonstrated to save the night shift much to Ewart's surprise.{{citeep|01|15}}
   
From September 1987, Ewart continues his campaign to bring back the night shift as [[Emergency department|Holby A&E]] is only dealing with emergencies from 9-5. At all other times emergencies are being taken to Queen's. After a meeting with the District Health Authority, Ewart and the team find out they have been given back their night shift. Ewart is delighted and [[Mary Tomlinson|Mary]] asks him if she can be his new Senior house officer.{{citeep|02|01}}
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From September 1987, Ewart continued his campaign to bring back the night shift as [[Emergency department|Holby A&E]] was only dealing with emergencies from 9-5. At all other times emergencies were being taken to Queen's. After a meeting with the District Health Authority, Ewart and the team found out they had been given back their night shift. Ewart was delighted and [[Mary Tomlinson|Mary]] asked him if she could be his new Senior house officer.{{citeep|02|01}}
   
At a cocktail party, Ewart meets new administrator [[Elizabeth Straker]], initially with conflict and differing opinions. {{citeep|02|01}} After weeks of heated debates and arguments, Elizabeth finds the courage to invite Ewart over to dinner, he accepts and ends up staying the night but ignores bleeps on his pager.{{citeep|02|07}}
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At a cocktail party, Ewart met new administrator [[Elizabeth Straker]], initially with conflict and differing opinions. {{citeep|02|01}} After weeks of heated debates and arguments, Elizabeth found the courage to invite Ewart over to dinner, he accepted and ended up staying the night but ignored bleeps on his pager following riots between the police and the local community{{citeep|02|07}}
Two weeks later, Ewart attends his divorce hearing; Roz leaves him with nothing.{{Citeep|02|09}} In December 1987, Ewart suffers a mild heart attack and is visited in hospital by his ex wife and his new love interest [[Elizabeth Straker|Elizabeth]].{{citeep|02|14}} By early September 1988, Elizabeth has left for America fed up of Ewart being 'married to Casualty'.{{citeep|03|01}}
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Two weeks later, Ewart attended his divorce hearing; Roz left him with nothing.{{Citeep|02|09}} In December 1987, Ewart suffered a mild heart attack and was visited in hospital by his ex wife Roz and his new love interest [[Elizabeth Straker|Elizabeth]].{{citeep|02|14}} By early September 1988, Elizabeth had left for America fed up of Ewart being 'married to Casualty'.{{citeep|03|01}}
   
 
Her replacement, [[Valerie Sinclair]] was soon at loggerheads with Ewart over the closing of the observation ward. Ewart got his way and ironically, in the very place that he'd been fighting to keep open, he suffered a second heart attack and died in October 1988, just minutes after comforting a distraught [[Megan Roach|Megan]].{{citeep|03|05}} The staff mourned and it was left to Charlie to take over the helm of running the department.
 
Her replacement, [[Valerie Sinclair]] was soon at loggerheads with Ewart over the closing of the observation ward. Ewart got his way and ironically, in the very place that he'd been fighting to keep open, he suffered a second heart attack and died in October 1988, just minutes after comforting a distraught [[Megan Roach|Megan]].{{citeep|03|05}} The staff mourned and it was left to Charlie to take over the helm of running the department.

Revision as of 22:09, 1 August 2017

Ewart Plimmer (died 7 October 1988)[1] was a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Lead of the Emergency department at Holby City Hospital from 1986 to 1988.

Time in the emergency department (1986-88)

Ewart was the inspiration behind the night shift when it began in 1986. The old man with the white moustache was a friend to his staff but could be very stern and short tempered with administrators. He rarely got involved in clinical work, but did from time to time get his hands 'dirty'. He would often sit alone in his office listening to his walkman. However, his dedication to saving the department put a strain on his relationship with his wife and daughter.

In September 1986, Ewart's wife Roz arrived at the end of his shift with a suitcase of his belongings - their marriage was over due to the strains of Ewart's work on their relationship.[2] In November 1986, a drunk teenager was brought in after a party and was sick over Megan. She wouldn't talk and was revealed to be Gillian; Ewart’s daughter. She was upset about how distant her family had become.[3] A week later, she arrived to see Ewart, but he was too busy to see her. She waited in the staff room where she chatted with Megan before leaving upset, without speaking to him. Megan suggested to Ewart he should ring her, but he said he hadn’t found the time.[4] After Duffy was raped on her way to work the following week, Ewart comforted her and took her to Susie’s house to stay[5]

By December, the night shift and the department faced an uncertain future and the staff demonstrated to save the night shift much to Ewart's surprise.[6]

From September 1987, Ewart continued his campaign to bring back the night shift as Holby A&E was only dealing with emergencies from 9-5. At all other times emergencies were being taken to Queen's. After a meeting with the District Health Authority, Ewart and the team found out they had been given back their night shift. Ewart was delighted and Mary asked him if she could be his new Senior house officer.[7]

At a cocktail party, Ewart met new administrator Elizabeth Straker, initially with conflict and differing opinions. [7] After weeks of heated debates and arguments, Elizabeth found the courage to invite Ewart over to dinner, he accepted and ended up staying the night but ignored bleeps on his pager following riots between the police and the local community[8] Two weeks later, Ewart attended his divorce hearing; Roz left him with nothing.[9] In December 1987, Ewart suffered a mild heart attack and was visited in hospital by his ex wife Roz and his new love interest Elizabeth.[10] By early September 1988, Elizabeth had left for America fed up of Ewart being 'married to Casualty'.[11]

Her replacement, Valerie Sinclair was soon at loggerheads with Ewart over the closing of the observation ward. Ewart got his way and ironically, in the very place that he'd been fighting to keep open, he suffered a second heart attack and died in October 1988, just minutes after comforting a distraught Megan.[1] The staff mourned and it was left to Charlie to take over the helm of running the department.

Behind the scenes

Bernard Gallagher portrayed Ewart Plimmer in Casualty from 1986 until 1988. He was also featured in Charlie's mind as a flashback on the 29th August 2015 but was uncredited.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Burn Out" (S03, E05)
  2. "Hide and Seek" (S01, E02)
  3. "Moonlight Becomes You..." (S01, E09)
  4. "Teeny Poppers" (S01, E10)
  5. "Drunk" (S01, E11)
  6. "Closure" (S01, E15)
  7. 7.0 7.1 "A Little Lobbying" (S02, E01)
  8. "The Raid" (S02, E07)
  9. "Seeking Heat" (S02, E09)
  10. "Burning Cases" (S02, E14)
  11. "Welcome to Casualty" (S03, E01)