BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / St. Barts Hospital

**Posted by Davina** April 7, 2012 12:59 am

Whilst researching for the archived cases I did stumble across a fact about St. Barts Hospital that I was unaware of and have not seen mentioned or posted anywhere else. This hospital does NOT have an Accident and Emergency Department. It does have a minor injuries unit, which is for precisely that and people bring themselves in for treatment rather than arriving by emergency ambulance. The series is very, very specific about it being St. Barts and not just any old hospital.

If it has no A&E department then there would not be ANY paramedics on standby for serious events like Sherlock plummeting from the roof.

Could this be important? I know this is not a medical drama, but Moftiss et al are so careful with their details and accuracy I cannot believe that this is just a slip-up on their part.

What do you think?

**Posted by kazza474** April 7, 2012 3:40 am

There is an Ambulance parking area near where John was standing. The small building in front of him is the Ambulance Garage so even though there may be no A&E, ambulances still go there & are parked there. And with ambulances, we get paramedics.

**Posted by Davina** April 7, 2012 5:42 am

Here we have non-emergency ambulances at hospitals like these for routine treatment etc. not emergency call out and they aren't manned by paramedics. Paramedics only work emergency ambulances. There would still be ambulance but not for emergency use.

**Posted by Wholocked** April 7, 2012 6:44 am

I'm pretty sure (but could be wrong because BBC-Sherlock and canon-Sherlock are getting mixed up in my head now) that St Barts is referenced in the canon and would therefore be why they use it in the show; regardless of it's A&E status.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** April 7, 2012 8:45 am

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Barts is canon as where Dr Watson trained, like in BBC, but they've just featured it more in the series because of Molly's role.

It was probably chosen before they'd worked out the finer details, twists and turns of the fall...plus, we all know the "medics" are just Homeless Network anyway right?

**Posted by Davina** April 7, 2012 2:42 pm

St. Barts is canon so it would be used, if at all possible, in the series. Just thought the lack of A&E and therefore paramedics was interesting.

**Posted by sherlockian111** January 24, 2013 5:23 am

I'm pretty sure those medics were not real medics, which only makes sense if Sherlock had some kind of device to break his fall. They did things that real medics would never do

**Posted by RedJohnsButler** February 19, 2013 7:47 pm

'What do you think?'

Artistic licence?

Last edited by RedJohnsButler (February 20, 2013 5:59 pm)