EMERGENCY Medics - the fly-on-the-wall documentary about the Accident and Emergency department at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, has won a national award for filmmaker Andrew Brown.
The judges of the Medical Journalism Awards said: “The programme was well-filmed and utterly gripping.
“The programme flowed beautifully with the cameras leaving and returning to the action at just the right moments.”
Mr Brown spent three months in A&E filming the real-life of the department.
He said: “It’s great for the series to win this important award.
“It’s a real testament to the staff and patients who agreed to take part in the series.”
The award was for the second series of Emergency Medics - the third series is currently broadcast on ITV1 at 10.40pm on Mondays.
The first two series were watched by over 500,000 people and are currently being repeated on the Discovery Channel.
Series producer Emma George said: “These programmes show what A&E is really like - both sadder and happier than the television dramas.
“All life is here and the programmes show the nature of the people and amazing range of conditions treated in an A&E department.”
Dr Paul Baines, a consultant in emergency medicine at Musgrove, said: “This is an excellent department and the staff do an astonishing job every single day.
“Andrew works very professionally and after a while staff almost forget he is here.
“Most patients are happy to be filmed and very happy with the results.
“I hope that these films help the public understand what a modern A&E service is like.”
