As West Midlands paramedic Nat Greaves embarked on her shift, a call came in that her own daughter Jessica, who has cerebral palsy, had become unresponsive at school

Teen Jessica with paramedic mum Nat Greaves (Image: BBC)

You could have been forgiven for thinking tonight that Casualty scriptwriters had infiltrated the new series of BBC1’s Ambulance.

As West Midlands paramedic Nat Greaves embarked on her shift, a call came in that her own daughter Jessica, who has cerebral palsy, had become unresponsive at school.

To add to the real-life drama it was also her 16th birthday – a birthday that, during Jess’ early years, Nat thought she would never live to see.

I was so wrapped up in the drama I didn’t even pause to say: “Hang on, there’s no way the BBC would show this if there’s an unhappy ending.”

Nat with colleague on show (Image: BBC)

I’d probably have been wrong. The previous two series have not shied away from showing upsetting scenes and leaving us in tears.
Luckily, Jessica survived. What happened next, though, I found pretty incredible.

Her mum was straight back at work for her next shift, with the heartbreaking job of cutting down the body of a man who’d hanged himself.

If you weren’t already in awe of the amazing workers in our NHS, watch this series and fall in line.