Niamh: Playing a doctor is thé closest thing to a superhero

Irish star’s role in new medical drama

- LAUREN TAYLOR

NIAMH Algar says “no one’s actually listening” to doctors and they are “underpaid and undervalued”. 

Algar plays the lead in a new ITV medical thriller, Malpractice, about an A&E doctor who finds herself at the centre of an investigation when one of her patients dies.

To prepare for the role of Dr Lucinda Edwards, Algar spent time shadowing medics in hospitals.

“I tried to speak to as many doctors as possible and listen to them,” she said.

“Just let them talk and listen to what it’s like to work in that environment.