The gripping trailer for Malpractice, a nail-biting medical thriller from award-winning production company World Productions, has been unveiled ahead of its release on ITV1 and ITVX this Spring.

Dr Lucinda Edwards (Niamh Algar) is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo Harris (James Purefoy), Edith’s grieving father Sir Anthony Owusu (Brian Bovell) demands an investigation into Lucinda’s actions on a fateful night.

Leading the inquiry are Dr Norma Callahan (Helen Behan) and Lucinda’s former colleague, Dr George Adjei (Jordan Kouamé). While George feels this was an unavoidable tragedy, Norma is suspicious of Lucinda’s behaviour and decisions in the lead-up to Edith’s death.

As the pressure of the investigation intensifies, Lucinda’s relationship with her husband Tom (Lorne MacFadyen) starts to fracture, and her confident professional exterior begins to crack. Is Lucinda hiding something?

Through the cat-and-mouse thriller of the medical investigation, Malpractice tells the story of a damaged doctor caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.

The series also stars Hannah Walters in the role of Matron Beth Relph, Priyanka Patel as Dr Ramya Morgan, Scott Chambers as Dr Oscar Beattie, Tristan Sturrock as Dr Mike Willett and Georgina Rich playing Dr Eva Tait.

Malpractice is written by former NHS doctor Grace Ofori-Attah and directed by BAFTA nominated director Philip Barantini.