{"id":28357,"date":"2023-01-09T18:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1766069"},"modified":"2023-01-10T04:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T03:30:39","slug":"maternal-star-on-what-series-says-about-nhs-in-absolute-crisis","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/maternal-star-on-what-series-says-about-nhs-in-absolute-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal star on what series says about NHS in \u201cabsolute crisis\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 09 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Brand-new ITV drama Maternal<\/a> follows three woman balancing their lives as new mothers alongside their demanding jobs in post-pandemic frontline medicine.<\/p>\n

The drama stars Parminder Nagra, Lisa McGrillis and Lara Pulver<\/a>, and is set to shine a spotlight on the current situation within the NHS, having been described as a \u201clove letter to women on the NHS frontline who are holding it together\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pulver recently spoke about the show\u2019s presentation of the NHS and her own perception of it, saying: \u201cI think the NHS is in absolute crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving lived in the States now for 12 years, I have such a respect for and appreciation for the NHS, because the US healthcare system is so divided between haves and have nots, and it\u2019s heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lara Pulver as Catherine Macdiarmid in ITV\u2019s Maternal.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

She continued: \u201cAnd the fact that we have the NHS, even when it\u2019s failing, it\u2019s still operating on some level \u2013 my mother-in-law was in hospital recently and there were 180 patients being admitted into that A&E that day. Maternal is absolutely shining a spotlight on the NHS in a celebratory way just as much as in an eye-opening way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maternal is written by Jacqui Honess-Martin, who said that the drama was borne out of her own experiences of returning to work following maternity leave.<\/p>