Holby ED is thrown back into turmoil this week as BBC One’s Casualty sees the official launch of the Trust’s internal inquiry into the overdose protocol scandal that ended Dr Flynn Byron’s leadership.

In Saturday’s episode, titled “Witness Statements,” several key staff members are unexpectedly summoned to provide formal testimony — under oath.

What begins as a routine process soon becomes a high-stakes ordeal, with careers, reputations, and personal trauma all dragged into the spotlight once more.

⚖️ Siobhan Under Fire

Despite being hailed as the hero who leaked the internal warning that sparked change, Siobhan McKenzie finds herself under scrutiny when senior Trust officials question her methods — and whether her decision to leak classified files violated procedure.

Trust Legal Rep:
“Your actions led to the exposure of a clinical scandal — but also breached a number of formal protections.”

Siobhan:
“Then maybe your protections were the problem.”

Insiders say Siobhan’s position is safe — for now — but her relationship with senior leadership is becoming increasingly strained.

💔 Rida’s Past Resurfaces

Band 6 nurse Rida Amaan, who courageously testified that Flynn attempted to manipulate her into falsifying patient reports, is also called to recount her statement.

However, Flynn’s legal counsel reportedly raises her trauma history involving former surgeon Russell Whitelaw, questioning whether it may have “compromised her professional objectivity.”

Rida (devastated):
“I spoke the truth. And you’re using my trauma to silence me.”

The ED rallies around her — but it’s a brutal emotional moment that could have lasting effects.

📣 Ngozi Speaks Publicly for the First Time

In one of the episode’s most powerful moments, Ngozi Okoye gives a personal account of the toll the Flynn regime had on the nursing staff.

Returning to the hearing room voluntarily, Ngozi states:

“I relapsed under this system. I nearly lost my job, my identity — everything.
Not because I was weak, but because no one saw us breaking.”

Her testimony reportedly leaves Cam and Jodie visibly shaken.

📋 Key Moments to Watch

• Dylan’s calm, scathing testimony shuts down Flynn’s legal line of defense

• Cam is asked whether he was “coached” to leak the mortality report — and refuses to back down

• A new Trust official, Ms Anaya Malick, arrives to monitor Holby moving forward

• Jodie reads out a prepared statement titled “For the Ones We Lost”, honouring patients failed by policy

🧪 Fallout to Follow

• Holby’s overdose treatment protocols are officially suspended pending review

• The ED is granted temporary clinical independence — Dylan and Siobhan to lead interim reforms

• Maya Patel is asked to give a recorded statement for use in a potential civil case against the Trust

And in the final moments of the episode, a mysterious envelope is slipped under Dylan’s office door — marked “Confidential: Additional Testimony.”