It returned to the south west London hospital four years after filming moved to Nottingham.
The award-winning series gives viewers a fly-on-the-wall look at patients coming through the Emergency Department and the dedicated teams who treat them.
After hosting the show for seven years from 2014 and appearing in more than 200 episodes, St George’s said farewell to the cameras in 2021 when production relocated to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.
Now, viewers will once again see the life-saving work at St George’s, which has been fitted with 136 cameras, 30 kilometres of cable and 150 microphones to capture daily life in one of the capital’s busiest A&E departments.
More than 400 patients attend St George’s A&E department every day.
Kate Slemeck, Managing Director for St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “I’m incredibly proud to bring 24 Hours in A&E back to St George’s, to showcase the unwavering work of our Emergency Department colleagues and the teams who work with them – from minor injuries to major traumas and everything in-between.
“A lot has changed since the last time the series was filmed here, including increased demand for our services – but the main thing viewers will take away is the expert care, compassion and kindness our patients receive every day.”
Gabe Jones, Clinical Director and Consultant for Emergency Medicine and Major Trauma at St George’s, said: “I’m excited to show viewers our brilliant Emergency Department, which continues to deliver excellent care in the most challenging circumstances.
“I’m proud of my exceptional colleagues for the life-saving work they will continue to do long after the cameras have stopped rolling, and am grateful to our patients for allowing us to document their most vulnerable moments.
“We thank the staff at Queen Medical Centre in Nottingham for showing the NHS at its best, and are very pleased to welcome the series back to St George’s.”
Rita Daniels, Commissioning Editor at Channel 4, said: “We’re grateful to Nottingham University Hospitals for the powerful and moving stories we’ve been privileged to film during our time there and the compassion and resilience shown by staff and patients alike has made a lasting impact on the series.
“As 24 Hours in A&E returns to St George’s Hospital in London – at the heart of the UK’s most populated city – we look forward to continuing to tell the extraordinary stories that unfold every day in our NHS.”
A broadcast date for the new St George’s episodes is yet to be confirmed.
