Holby City doesn’t forget — and it sure doesn’t forgive without paperwork. After the high-risk school collapse rescue that saw Kim leap from observer to reluctant frontline medic, the aftermath has finally arrived, and it’s nowhere near as heroic as the moment itself.

This week, whispers turn into something far more tangible: a formal clinical review.

A win… that turned into a problem

Kim walked away from the school collapse rattled but proud. She acted quickly. She stabilised a young casualty. She earned the respect of paramedics on scene. For one brief moment, she looked like a doctor who belonged in the ED.

But Holby isn’t just made of adrenaline and applause — it’s made of protocols, risk assessments, and institutional memory. And as soon as the paperwork hit desks, the question changed from:

“Did Kim help a patient?”

to

“Was Kim authorised to help that patient?”

Those are two very different questions — and the answer to the second one isn’t flattering.

The review begins

By mid-shift, Kim is called aside by a senior clinician. Not Stevie. Not a friend. Someone official.

They use calm, measured language — the kind designed to sound supportive while making your stomach implode:

• “We just need clarity on decision-making at the scene.”

• “It’s not punitive.”

• “This is standard procedure.”

Kim hears none of that. She hears:

• “You’re in trouble.”

Suddenly, the newbie who held a child’s life in her hands is sitting in a quiet office explaining her actions step by step like a suspect giving evidence.

Stevie watches — but stays silent

What shocks viewers most is not that Kim is under review — it’s that Stevie Nash doesn’t step in to shield her.

Not yet.

Stevie stands in the corridor, arms folded, watching Kim vanish into the review room. There’s no wink of reassurance. No muttered encouragement. No: “Don’t worry, I’ve got you.”

Because Stevie doesn’t protect lightly. She protects earned potential, not panicked hope.

And despite what happened at the school collapse, Stevie still doesn’t know what Kim really is:
a future colleague, or a liability.

A department divided

What happens next is pure Holby psychology:

• Some staff argue Kim saved time.

• Others argue she took a dangerous risk.

• A few think Stevie is using this as a “teach or drown” moment.

• One or two quietly hope Kim fails — because ED hierarchies are brutal and competition is real.

By the end of the shift, the review ends with no verdict… yet.
The only certainty is uncertainty.

The bigger twist? Stevie might change everything

Just when viewers assume Stevie has washed her hands of the whole situation, she does something unexpected: she asks to see the review notes.

It’s a tiny action — one that takes two seconds — but in Holby City, it means everything.

Because when Stevie Nash requests documentation, it’s not to gossip.
It’s to prepare for war.

Maybe Kim has finally earned her interest.
Or maybe Stevie spotted something everyone else missed.

Either way, the review isn’t the end.
It’s the beginning.

And fans are asking the only question that matters now:

Will Stevie step up and defend Kim… or let the system chew her up?

Either choice will change Kim’s future in the ED forever.