Some of you may have noticed the sudden influx of images containing the words "main page" in their names. As you can guess, I'm currently working on a major restructure of the wiki's main page. Without going into too much detail, it's tacky and non-responsive, and it is a complete mess on the mobile skin. Because it is that bad, I've elected to just institute the update as soon as possible. At the moment, I'm just waiting for FANDOM staff to approve some required JavaScript code.

Structurally, it won't be too dissimilar from what we currently have; it will just look a bit more 2025. The horrific rainbow lolly series list will instead be a carousel of tabs which will open on-click to reveal all of the major characters (note: not just series regulars), the constituent miniseries where applicable, and details about two randomly selected episodes from that series. Please note that series modules have not yet been created for every Casualty and Holby City series, but they have been implemented such that new modules can simply be appended to the list without any additional changes to the process. As of writing, series 22 - 39 of Casualty and series 13 - 23 of Holby City are accounted for. A module for HolbyBlue will be created at a later date.

With respect to the random episodes, the data used for these episodes (title, synopsis, iPlayer ID) is pulled from existing Lua modules on the wiki. Over the past year, I have been Lua-fying many of the wiki's templates. Previously, these templates were reliant on inefficient and totally unreadable parser functions; their Lua equivalents — in comparison — run like Sonic the Hedgehog and are much more programmer-friendly. It goes without saying that the new main page is a Lua-heavy beast.

However, you will notice upon the new design going live that pretty much all of the pre-2019 episodes lack synopses and images. This is one area where I ask for your help.

• Module:Casualty episodes is where you will find a Lua table of every Casualty episode article title.

• Module:Casualty episode summaries is where you will find a Lua table of Casualty episode synopses.

• Module:Casualty episode IDs is where you will find a Lua table of Casualty episode iPlayer IDs.

I'm admittedly speaking as a full-time web developer here, but the table syntax shouldn't be too difficult to understand. When a new episode is released, if I haven't already, please make updating these tables part of your procedure. These tables are load-bearing. Furthermore, if you want to help improve the quality of the new home page, please consider adding old episode summaries and IDs to the table as well.

As for the images, the underlying code — using the show title and the episode article name — creates a DynamicPageList query for a random file that originates from the episode and is classified as an infobox image. However, since wiki articles aren't actual databases, this workaround retrieves an image that belongs to both the episode's designated file category (e.g. [[category:"Wednesday's Child" images]]) and the show's episode infobox category (e.g. [[category:Casualty episode infobox images]]). If no applicable files are found, the function returns nothing. Whilst not a critical issue, it would be greatly appreciated if, as well as licensing your uploads, you categorise them. Templates exist to help save you time and ensure consistency.

• {{cascat}} for Casualty episodes

• {{holbycat}} for Holby City episodes

These templates have existed since 2019, but I converted them to Lua last year, and I have just added TemplateData for those of you who I haven't managed to wean off the visual editor yet. As always, if you need examples of use, just look at any screenshot I've uploaded since 2019.

The main page will evolve over time: I aim to create an updated news module as well as randomise the 'on this day' module. In the mean time though, I hope you all enjoy the main page!

Hello all! I hope you're all doing well.

First of all, I'd like to welcome some of the newer editors here who have been chipping in as of late. In particular, I want to thank @Theojjlauder for their contributions over the past year, especially for keeping the wiki up to date with new episode articles and cleaning up after me when I've left an annoying typo on an article or have forgotten part of the unofficial but seemingly implicit new episode procedure. I would also like to thank @Lucy200072 for their valuable contributions and comprehensive character biographies.

I haven't been able to contribute as much as I'd have liked to recently, mainly because of uni. I'm happy to report that I'm done with uni now, so I have a lot more concrete time on my hands. Because of this (and also because I personally need some kind of formalised plan when it comes to editing articles and maintaining the wiki), I would like to discuss how we handle the wiki going forward.

First of all, I'm not a manager. I never have been, haha. Prior to assuming the role as this wiki's sole admin, I've been an admin on other wikis, and my main designations there were design and template maintenance. This holds true when you look at my earliest contributions to the Holby Wiki, back when the likes of Soapslover96 and Titan95 were still around; the vast majority of my edits were styling updates and uploading images for galleries. I'm the tech guy.

Over the past five-and-a-half years, I've had to adjust to writing episode synopses and character biographies, as well as writing policy and guidelines to maintain some kind of standard. It's really hard to do all this without thinking that changing a template design or an infobox image on a whim makes you some kind of online despot. It also doesn't help when the policy isn't written to the highest standard because you hate writing policy, so your revert of a dodgy edit can be viewed as some megalomaniacal act.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is that I'm aware of the fact that I often act independently and make large-scale changes on seemingly a whim (see the wiki's newfound acknowledgements of series 38 and 39), but it's mainly done through lack of choice. The wiki's roster of editors is forever a revolving door (please stay!), and the discussion board is painfully quiet. The best I can do is stress that I'm always free for a conversation about how aspects of the wiki do or should operate. Please, if you have an issue with anything I do, let me know on my talk page.

Speaking of which, haha, there are a few things that I'm going to do imminently as quality of life updates.

• Revise the article maintenance templates. These are the notices at the tops of articles stating whether an article needs expanding, contains spoilers or is about an out-of-universe subject. The expansion template, in particular, needs expanding to state what updates an article requires. I will also reinstitute article and section stub notices. This just needs to be done. Articles, especially ones surrounding Holby City and HolbyBlue content, are woefully incomplete, and it needs to be made clearer which articles require the most immediate attention.

• Expand the wiki's policies and article guidelines. The intent of this is to provide additional support when it comes to structuring new articles and expanding existing ones, not to serve as some kind of manifesto for whole new layouts.

• Write template documentation. Full transparency - I want to wean people off the visual editor. It consistently disrupts the structure of articles, and it makes it harder to maintain the wiki through bot runs. The problem is that barely any of the wiki's templates are accompanied by proper documentation, and any person just coming to grips with basic wikitext aren't going to be able to discern the functionality of a template when its parameters are buried within lines upon lines of raw HTML and parser functions. This is largely my fault, so I shall be remedying this in due course.

There are some other large-scale changes that I want to propose to the wiki fairly soon, but I specifically want to make a point about getting the community as a whole to make a decision on whether they should be implemented. So, please, if you have any questions about this post, comment below.

Thank you very much, and happy editing.

You all have probably heard the news that new Casualty episodes will be released early on BBC iPlayer at 6am on the day of broadcast. It is now 30 December, and "Tinderbox" is available to watch on iPlayer rignt now.

So, basically, how do we want to approach this? There will no doubt be a lot of people who want to watch new episodes live on BBC One, but there is of course the temptation to take advantage of the morning releases to do write-ups and basically get it all banged out in a day. Believe me, I definitely know that temptation; I'm currently writing up a detailed plot description for "Tinderbox" (in a sandbox page, of course) and given its one-off characters red links.

We have three options:

• We add in-universe information from new episodes to articles as soon as the episodes drop on iPlayer, and mark spoilers where necessary.

• We build up new articles, additions to biographies, plot descriptions outside the article namespace (i.e. in User subpages). It's generally a no-no to edit other users' subpages, so each draft should have editing permissions explicitly stated to avoid conflicts. Images would be uploaded after the BBC One airing.

• We keep everything off the wiki entirely until the episode finishes airing on BBC One.

I'm personally in favour of option 2. Unregistered users generally won't have access to user subpages unless they know what they're looking for, and it would give us time to prepare pages properly and avoid the mad scramble that typically happens after the airing of a major episode.

Feel free to share your thoughts below. :)

I'm trying to trace an old Holby City episode. I stopped watching theshow after about series 7, so it must have been broadcast in series 1 to6.This is roughly all I can remember: a man or woman is in the wardawaiting treatment, but is wavering about consent (for the sake ofargument I'll say a man). His estranged daughter shows up. The daughterhad joined a sect (or possibly cult). To convince him she's out of theorganisation, she removes a pendant and drops it in the hospital bin.This convinces him to consent to the operation. Post-operation he jokesabout her joining the Moonies. However it turns out she has lied aboutleaving, retrieves the pendant from her pocket and leaves the hospital.

Ring any bells?

It's stated on the wiki page of Mia Bellis that Mia jumped from a footbridge onto the Holby dual carriageway, causing a major pileup "which killed six others.". It's the killed six others part that got me curious. What is the source of the information that shows 6 other people died apart from Mia and Sam?

I mean, I didn't watch that much Casualty during 2018 so. Was it in an in-universe news report or what?

Any clues?

I’m trying to find and episode of casualty, it was a Christmas episode and I think some kid fell off a balcony or a escalator in a shopping center. Would love To know what episode it was

There is a chance holby city could be saved by itv

She is finally back

Is it just me or has anyone thought that the character pages need updating?

Like, they are missing: Tina, Lev, Faith, Fenisha, Leon.

And also, they have updated the character pictures (if you click on their articles) - it appears that the BBC have updated them to the most recent promo pictures which we have in our character articles.

The theme of the website is also outdated, I think it needs changing.

Does anyone else think this is something they should do? Let me know.

It has been confirmed that Amanda Mealing will be taking an extended break from her role as Connie Beauchamp, however, has confirmed that their is no plans for her to return.

Connie has been on Casualty and Holby City for a combined 18 years and I for one am devestated that she is leaving.

So long Mrs B!

Casualty:

Emily Carey returned to her role as Grace Beauchamp-Strachan earlier this month, the character last appeared in Series 32.

In Casualty, we have Rosie Jones who will be joining the recurring cast playing a character involved in a big story with Jan Jenning.

We've also got Adele James returning full time as Christina "Tina" Mollett.

We're also waiting for Michael Stevenson to return as Iain Dean, Stevenson spoke to DigitalSpy regarding his return and his return also involves Jan Jenning.

Holby City:

Last Week, Sian Reese-Williams confirmed her exit from Holby as Jodie Rodgers, with Jodie's exit scenes airing in Episode 38.

We've got a new nurse on AAU, Kylie Madden! Kylie is a new bubbly staff nurse, comment down below what you think will happen to the character. She is portrayed by Amy Murphy.

Well, that's all for this time! Tune in in Late March for the next edition.

Holby City

It has been confirmed that Rosie Marcel has quit her role as Jac Naylor, first appearing in 2005, Jac has been a fan favorite for quite a lot of people, however, the character will be bowing out in Episode 36 which will be airing on 2 February.

Meanwhile, it's been confirmed that Laila Rouass has reprised her role as Sahira Shah, who is set to return in Episode 37 as Jac's replacement, fans will recognise Sahira who joined the cast back in 2011 as a Cardiothoracic Surgical registrar who arrived in Holby in February 2011 and departed in April 2012, according to Laila Rouass' instagram, she'll be back to her old ways as she is set to "ruffle some feathers."

Casualty

Back in December 2020, it was confirmed that Emily Carey would be returning to her role as Grace Beauchamp-Strachan, fans will recognise Grace as the daughter of Clinical Lead, Connie Beauchamp.

Also in December, it was confirmed that Michael Stevenson would be returning to his role as Iain Dean, following a year-long break from September 2019.

And finally from December, it was confirmed that Adele James would be returning to her role as Christina "Tina" Mollett, who was last seen when her brother died in the Emergency Department back in Series 34.

It was also confirmed that Chris Gordon and Stirling Gallagher would reprise their roles as Ross West and Ffion Morgan respectively, as the family of Operational duty manager, Jan Jenning, the three will be involved in a "big story" later in the series.

That's everything for today's Leavers & Returners, thanks for reading!

Connie: we have too many cases. Not enough bed

Charlie: we can only treat one person at a time you can cannot help everyone at once.

Jacob: that's all we can do.

Charlie: agreed. Let's get back to work!

Connie: OK Dylan. What we got?

Dylan: 4 beds with covid-19 and an emergency incoming car crash with multiple injuries.

Charlie: everyone! Get ready we need to sort all patients quickly to treat all injuries.

Robyn: we have 3 beds available over here.

Lev: both legs swollen, skin at risk. Transferring to a different word. Skin damage very deep, need constant prompts with what to do.

Dylan: patient refused senna at 10pm, paracetamol not given due to 6pm dose being late as just arrived on ward.

Noel: assisted with hygiene and dressing. Grain and sacral area, sore zinc and caster oil cram applied.

Connie: spoke to daughter who says her mum has poor appetite normally. Supplements started.

Noel: only ate a small amount of soup. And picked at the sandwiches. Start a food chart for 3 days?

Jacob: Connie, we need more masks and aprons.

Connie: I know Jacob... I'm trying the best I can!

Jacob : we will all get poorly if we don't have enough.

Charlie: yes Jacob, thank you... We are trying.

Ethan: hey guys! I've just got all of our PPE! mask up every one! Let's go to work!

Written by Rupert verboom

Casualty has confirmed it's return on 2nd January, with a reduced amount of episodes, confirming that 30 will be airing rather than the 40-46 episode mark.