Children’s Ward at Wrexham Maelor Hospital stars in new BBC series

The Children’s Ward at Wrexham Maelor Hospital is to feature in a new fly on the wall BBC TV documentary airing this week.

‘Children’s Ward’, which is a three part series, will see families share their experiences of the ward – along with highlighting the fantastic work carried by staff.

Cameras started rolling in May and filming took place over four weeks on the ward. Production company, Chwarel had an all access look at life on the ward.

Paediatric and Neonatal service manager, Martin McSpadden said: “I am so proud of all the staff for being so open and allowing this programme to show the massive amount of hard work that happens in this ward.

“We were nervous about how this would happen and how it would be having the TV cameras watching us 24/7 but the producers were amazing and really helped us feel comfortable with the process.

“The families and patients have also been brilliant and shared the journey with us. It was a real privilege to have them be so open to taking part.”

Sioned Morys, producer at Chwarel said: “It is so important to see the amazing work that goes on in the Children’s Wards in North Wales.

“It’s important to show to the work that happens, not just in the big hospitals like Alder Hey or Great Ormond Street, but also in the amazing Children’s Wards we have in our hospitals in North Wales.

“We already make a show called ‘Ward Plant’ which is based in Ysbyty Gwynedd but we wanted to show the experiences of patients in North East Wales too.

“It was amazing to have families share their stories with us like this and we hope to back to Wrexham for a season two.”

Children’s Ward is a three part, weekly series starting on Thursday October 19 on BBC1 Wales at 8.30pm.