Episode 1

Episode one joins the staff of the first two hospitals to close - the Southern General and Victoria Infirmary - six weeks before the big move. In ward four of the Southern, sister Susan Montgomery prepares her nursing staff for a huge change - the move from open-plan wards to single-room accommodation in the new hospital.

In A&E at the Victoria, senior staff nurse Mel White reflects on leaving the place she's worked in for 43 years to make the move to the huge new emergency department. Moving hundreds of patients across the city will be the largest operation of its kind ever undertaken in Britain. Their arrival in the new building will be the beginning of a new chapter in healthcare in the city.