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Senior consultant in emergency medicine
Lead Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Former:
Emergency department, Holby City Hospital
"Hello, I Must Be Going"
Series 33, Episode 36
Jaye Griffiths
30 • 31 • 32 • 33
Elle Gardner MBChB is a senior consultant in emergency medicine who worked in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital from 2016 to 2019. She joined the department in May 2016 as a new locum consultant as replacement for Zoe Hanna.
In her first few weeks of working in the ED, she clashed with Clinical Lead Connie Beauchamp. In July 2016, Elle was offered the permanent job as a consultant in the department and also made the department's Deputy Clinical Lead. Following Connie's car crash in August, Elle was appointed as the department's acting Clinical Lead by Hanssen, a position she held for just over two months. In November, she took on the role of permanent Clinical Lead before stepping down less than three months later in February 2017.
In her childhood and teens, Elle was close friends with Jacob Masters during which time they penned nicknames for each other. Elle's nickname "Pancake" was due to her late development, and Jacob's was "Pudding", from the fact he was overweight and used to take extra portions of dessert as school. (CAS: "Too Much Love Will Kill You") During their friendship, they took part in various activities from camping to canoeing together. At some point after school, Elle left to attend medical school.
Elle attended the University of Exeter, graduating with a degree in medicine in 1991. (CAS: "You Are Your Only Limit") Following the start of her career, Elle gave birth to her eldest son Kalen. In 2000, the relationship between her and her husband Marc strained, and she had a one night stand with Jacob. Nine months later, she gave birth to their son Blake. Marc was furious and refused to accept Blake as his own son. However, their relationship continued and they soon had a second child together named Luca. She took a break from her career in the mid-2000s to focus on looking after them. In 2012, Marc left Elle and they soon divorced. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 16)
Elle arrived for her first shift at the ED on 7 May 2016 as a locum consultant as Zoe Hanna's replacement, after having had a break of 10 years from her medical career. Already running late, she decided to take a shortcut through the park on her way to work. However, she ended up hitting Vince Callaghan with her car as he ran out into the road. She waited until the paramedics arrived and accompanied him back to the ED. However, when they arrived Vince went running off to see Shelle who was waiting on the other side of the car park for him. Zoe and Elle went to help, and Shelle stabbed Vince and they all ended up in a side room of The Hope & Anchor. They were forced to try to save his life in there, as Shelle wasn't letting them escape. Eventually, Max located them and Shelle ended up stabbing Zoe in the hand which resulted in Elle restraining Shelle against a wall. Once in the ED, Connie understood why she was late, and Hanssen later told Elle to report back to him if she had any concerns about the department. (CAS: "Hello, I Must Be Going")
The following week, Elle and Jacob recognised each other as old friends, much to Connie's surprise. Soon after, Elle caught up with Hanssen to update him on how she was finding work in the ED. Robyn and Louise saw them talking to each other as friends, but decided that they shouldn't mention it to anyone. After catching up with Jacob, she left the ED with him without permission from Connie to attend the scene of an accident at a chemical plant. When they arrived back in the ED, Connie called Elle into her office and disciplined her. Although Elle tried to reason with her, Connie simply told her that her way of running the department was what worked best, and convinced Elle that she had the full support of Hanssen, unaware that he was, in fact, good friends with Elle. (CAS: "Chain Reaction")
Connie during the meeting with Rita and Elle. (CAS: "The Best Day of My Life")
In June, Hanssen confronted Elle about the fact a patient from the previous week had gone to the press about their painkillers being stolen. He also told her that a sequence of events including Jacob getting shot and Lofty accidentally killing Diane had got the trust suspicious too, and that they'd need an important staff member gone to please "the masses". She told him that if she could help get to the bottom of it she would. Later in the day, Elle asked Charlie about the investigation and he told her it had been closed. She later looked in his locker when he left the key in it and found the drugs which, unbeknown to her, Charlie was hiding for Big Mac. Elle went straight to Rita, and they went to report it to Connie. Connie was angry with Elle for looking in Charlie's locker and although Elle urged Connie to go ahead with the investigation, Connie told her to leave, despite the fact Elle was, in fact, trying to help Connie. When she later saw Hanssen leaving the ED, she assumed he knew and dropped Charlie's name into the conversation, revealing him as the culprit. Charlie was later suspended, and Connie revealed to the staff that it was Elle's fault which turned them all, including Jacob, against her. (CAS: "The Best Day of My Life")
The following week, the staff continued to avoid Elle as a result of Charlie's suspension. She spoke to Dylan in the staff room, and he revealed to her that she could attempt to redeem herself by trying to find the real thief, although she never followed through with this. She later attempted to assist when some casualties were admitted in the ambulance following an RTC, but Dylan bluntly informed her that she wasn't needed, leaving her standing in reception. Big Mac later admitted to stealing the drugs, therefore clearing Charlie's name. (CAS: "You Make Me Sick")
Elle and Duffy during the busy night shift in June 2016. (CAS: "History Repeating")
Towards the end of the month, Elle was still being given the cold shoulder by the rest of the staff. During a stressful night shift, Elle was treating a pregnant woman who was having concerns about the pregnancy. With some assistance from Duffy, they were able to treat her. However, they were eventually forced to perform an emergency c-section which resulted in the mother's death but the baby survived. By the end of the day, Charlie told her that she did the right thing, and Jacob was also showing a friendlier side to Elle again. (CAS: "History Repeating")
Promotion to Clinical Lead
In July 2016 following a meeting with the board, Connie and Hanssen decided to give Elle the permanent position as a consultant in the department. She was also appointed as Deputy Clinical Lead in replacement for Zoe. (CAS: "The Fear") The following month just as Charlie's anniversary celebrations had arrived, disaster struck after Elle received a phone call informing her that Connie and Grace had been involved in a car crash. When Connie arrived in the ED, Elle treated her but Connie refused a CT scan until Grace was in the hospital. When Grace arrived, Elle was there to support Connie when she went to see her, but she was forced to take her away and continue her own treatment. Elle provided support for Jacob towards the end of the day as he was left worrying about both Connie and Grace whose lives both hung in the balance. Elle later pledged to stay in the ED and help with the cleanup in lieu of the dramatic helicopter crash. (CAS: "Too Old for This Shift")
A week after the helicopter crash, Elle was appointed as the department's acting Clinical Lead by Hanssen in Connie's absence. She announced to the staff that they'd be required to attend a course at the ambulance station after their shift, much to their disappointment. She later clashed with Louise over the diagnosis of a patient which resulted in Louise kicking a hole in the relatives' room wall. Elle spoke to Louise about this later and said that she'd try to get some funding so Louise could fulfil her wish of redecorating it. Elle met the rest of the staff at the ambulance station and revealed that they'd be playing a game of doctors versus nurses basketball as a reward for their stressful shifts recently. (CAS: "Fall on Me")
Elle teasing Jacob about his promotion. (CAS: "Party Pooper")
Later in the month, the day of Jacob's official interview for the permanent position of clinical nurse manager arrived. Although Elle found out that he'd got the job from Hanssen in the morning, she kept him in suspense the whole day. Eventually, she told him the good news, but only after he'd bought her a coffee and doughnut from the coffee shop. (CAS: "Party Pooper") The following month, Elle presented Jacob with a card to congratulate him on his new position with a photo of them when they were younger on it. However, the photo resulted in the fact that Jacob was overweight as a teen become public knowledge. Jacob was initially angry with her for making his private life public, but after speaking with Charlie he forgave her. (CAS: "Too Much Love Will Kill You")
In mid-October, Elle was surprised when she discovered Connie was sleeping overnight in the on-call room between her frequent visits to Grace. This turned to shock when Elle and Jacob saw Connie in the ED ready for work. However, whilst distracted, Connie inserted false information into a teenage boy's file which resulted in Elle giving him a dosage of paracetamol, something which he was allergic to. Elle spoke to Connie, but she became angry as she though Elle was trying to dissuade her from work in an attempt to take her spot as Clinical Lead. At the end of the day, Elle once again spoke to Connie after the boy's father had been admitted following an overdose as a result of Connie trusting him to throw them away. Elle eventually managed to get Connie to take more time off to visit Grace, which she did. (CAS: "The Big Day")
Elle trying to get Connie to go home on the day of the inspection to no avail. (CAS: "About My Mother")
The following month, Elle briefed the team on the day of their undercover inspection but was shocked soon after when she saw Connie back down in the ED to work again. She urged Jacob to convince her to go home, but Connie had no plans to do this. Connie was also bitter due to the fact it was Elle's first shift as Clinical Lead. Elle became angry with Jacob during the shift when he admitted to sleeping with someone else, and she tried to convince him to tell Connie. In reception, at the end of the shift, Elle attempted to neutralise a rift between the doctors and nurses regarding a complaint which had been lodged against Louise. However, soon mistakes from the shift began spilling out, just as Seb's father Archie was leaving. At this point, he revealed himself as the undercover inspector and that Elle would have his report by the end of the week, which worried her. (CAS: "About My Mother")
On Christmas Eve, Seb went to Elle and told her that Dylan had made a pass at him the night before after the work Christmas party. However, unbeknown to her it was actually the other way around, but she was forced to take it further as she didn't know this. (CAS: "Bah Humbug") On New Year's Eve, Seb told Elle that he didn't wish to get HR involved, partly due to the fact Dylan had shown confidence in Seb for the new year. Although he asked her to change mentors, she told him that he'd be required to start the whole rotation again. When the rumours started spreading about the allegation, Max warned Dylan of Seb. Dylan went and spoke to Elle, and when she told him about the allegation, Dylan told her it was false which relieved her. However, Louise anonymously sent her the picture of Seb and Dylan hugging in the staff room. Things came to a boil in front of all of the staff, and Dylan accused Seb of lying and that he was a lacking doctor. Elle sent Dylan home and assured Seb that she'd be contacting HR. (CAS: "New Year, New Me, New You")
Conflict with Connie
Elle and Ric in her office, discussing Seb's allegation. (CAS: "What Lurks in the Heart")
The following day, Elle received a visit from CEO Ric Griffin regarding Seb's allegation. He warned her that the reputation of the hospital would be at stake if the photo were to leak, but she assured him it was contained within the department. Elle was irritated and worried when Seb went to her after Jez had tried to catch Seb confessing the truth, whilst things were only made worse when Dylan didn't show up to the meeting with her and Ric. However, Elle later discovered that it was because Dylan had been assisting Seb in resus. Following this, Seb admitted to lying and withdrew his allegation. Towards the end of the day, Connie visited Elle after having read through Grace's medical notes. Connie informed her about an error she'd spotted made by Elle and told her she'd have to report her to the trust. (CAS: "What Lurks in the Heart")
The following week, a teenage boy who Elle was treating ended up with brain damage, and she blamed herself for not seeing the signs sooner. She was also worried when the GMC decided that they needed more evidence to put her in the clear. Already upset by the day's events, Connie only made it worse by telling her that she wasn't fit to run the department. (CAS: "Back to School") A week later, Elle received a tip-off that they'd decided to now close the case. However, when she discharged one of Connie's patients who later collapsed, Connie advised him to make a formal complaint against her. (CAS: "Little Sister")
In February, Elle was devastated to learn that she'd had another complaint made against her by the patient who Connie had convinced just weeks before. In an attempt to prove herself, Elle jumped back into work after a chat with Jacob. Although Connie was constantly watching over her with little faith, Elle's quick thinking led to a patient's life being saved. After the shift, Elle saw Connie at Charlie and Duffy's wedding reception and Connie told Elle that she'd be gone after the tribunal. (CAS: "The Stag, the Dog and the Sheep")
Elle in the bathroom treating Grace with Connie. (CAS: "You Are Your Only Limit")
The following week, Elle arrived at the tribunal and was overwhelmed by what Connie was saying to make her sound worse. Although both Dylan and Amira tried to stick up for Elle, they became cornered by Connie's legal representative into saying how they would have done things differently. During the break of the proceedings, Elle found Grace lying on the bathroom floor after she'd smashed a mirror with one of her crutches and suffered from a seizure. Connie was apprehensive to let Elle intervene, but it resulted in her life being saved. Once the proceedings continued and Grace was in the ED receiving treatment, Connie admitted that she had blamed Elle for something which wasn't her fault. Outside, Elle told Connie that she would be resigning as Clinical Lead and handing the role back over to Connie. (CAS: "You Are Your Only Limit")
In March, Elle was embarrassed when David stood up to her in front of a patient, questioning her decision. She was initially frustrated that she'd been taken down a notch by a nurse, but when his suspicions about the patient's condition proved to be true, she was proud that he'd intervened. (CAS: "It Starts With the Shoes") In April, Elle was left worried for her job when Sam Strachan, as the new Medical Director, announced that as a result of budget cuts, all consultants would have to re-interview for their jobs. (CAS: "Sleeping With the Enemy")
Elle speaking to Kalen, apologising for her earlier behaviour. (CAS: "When the Whistle Blows")
A few weeks later, Elle was left annoyed with her son, Kalen, when she found a condom wrapper in his room. She told him that he shouldn't be bringing girls back to the family home. However, Kalen soon let on that he'd actually slept with Jez. In anger, Elle confronted Jez in the middle of the ED, which left him embarrassed. Elle later apologised to Kalen and told him that she was just shocked to find out that he was gay. She also made amends with Jez and apologised for shouting him down. (CAS: "When the Whistle Blows")
Later in April, Elle was amused when Cal convinced the locum doctor to call in sick on the day of their strike, purely to make things harder for Sam. (CAS: "Reap the Whirlwind - Part One") Later that day, Elle's priorities shifted when Cal was brought into the ED, after having been stabbed outside. Despite their best efforts, he died in resus. (CAS: "Reap the Whirlwind - Part Two")
In May, Elle's head was turned by policeman Phil Paterson, who was admitted to the ED with chest pains. Although she wanted to keep him in for observation, he soon left when he heard about Hugo Bonning's disappearance. However, he later suffered from a cardiac arrest and was brought into the ED after receiving immediate care from Connie. Whilst recovering, he asked Elle if he could take her on a date, but she declined his offer, revealing that she wasn't allowed to date patients. (CAS: "End of the Road")
Elle speaking to Blake after the talk, shortly before his attack. (CAS: "Roadman")
In June, the day of the consultant interviews arrived. Elle was worried about her job, but Sam failed to turn up for the interview in the end, as he had left the ED to track down a patient. However, this ultimately had no effect whatsoever, as Sam later stepped down as Medical Director, therefore saving all of the consultants' jobs. (CAS: "It Had to Be You")
Dealing with Blake's delinquency
Later in June, Elle visited her son Blake's school to give a talk to the students. During the talk, one of Blake's friends was asked to leave for hurling abuse at Jacob. When Elle questioned why Blake was friends with him, he told her that there were some bad people around and he had to stay on his good side. After the talk whilst Elle was distracted, one of the thugs from a gang managed to get into the school. He punched Blake from behind, sending him falling to the ground, hitting his head. They managed to get him back to the ED where it was hit and miss, but they eventually saved him. (CAS: "Roadman")
In September 2017, Elle set up an online dating profile (CAS: Series 32, Episode 5) but struggled to find a match. However, she met a single father named Marty whose daughter Daisy was admitted to the ED. Although she initially rejected his suggestion of them going on a date on professional grounds, she changed her mind by the end of her shift and offered to buy him a drink. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 6)
The following month, Elle slept with Marty which caught the attention of her sons. Later, she was horrified when Marty turned up at the ED with an inflamed groin, worried that he was carrying an STI. However, it transpired that Blake had put chilli powder in his underpants, triggering an extreme allergic reaction. After Marty stabilised, he accepted Blake's apology and Elle formally introduced him to her sons. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 10)
Elle trying to break up a fight between Blake and Marty. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 16)
In December, Elle told her sons that they were going to spend Christmas with Marty and Daisy; Blake didn't take the news well and tried to contact Marc. Blake's school later informed Elle that he was absent. She was horrified to learn that he had ditched school, and he was injured whilst trying to steal a bottle of vodka from an off-licence. She later tried to counsel him when Blake thought that he wasn't loved. However, their moment was interrupted by Marty and a fight broke out. She encouraged Blake to apologise to the shopkeeper who had been admitted to the ED after their confrontation. Outside the department, she broke up with Marty, claiming that he didn't love Blake as much as he loved her. However, her actions were not well-received by Blake who decided to go to a party at a friend's house. Later, after seeing how upset Blake was at the idea of his father not loving him, she told Blake that he was Blake's father. Jacob was outraged at her deceit and left her sobbing in the staff room. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 16)
In January 2018, Jacob returned from his holiday in Dubai and told Elle that he wanted nothing to do with her or Blake. However, Blake was soon admitted to the ED with a compass stuck in his hand. Later, Jacob told Blake that he was his father. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 19) The next day, Elle panicked when Blake didn't return home and wasn't in school. She soon learned from Jacob that Blake now knew that he was his father. Blake later arrived at the ED with Miles who was unconscious and covered in blood. Blake claimed that he was mugged, but Elle and Jacob noticed inconsistencies in the story he told to the police. They showed him the extent of Miles' injuries and tried to convince him to revise his statement. Later, Elle was horrified when Jacob showed her a video of Miles pressuring Blake into playing the 'knife game' the previous day, and she berated him for not telling her sooner. Jacob snapped back and accused her of robbing him of the chance to be a good father to Blake. Soon after, Miles' condition worsened, and Blake admitted to his parents that he punched him after he insulted them. Elle then instructed him to tell the police that she told him to lie. However, Elle was distraught when the police arrested Blake on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 20)
Elle hugging Blake in relief after hearing the judge's verdict. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 23)
In February, the day of Blake's trial arrived. When Elle heard that Miles had been admitted to the ED after experiencing a seizure, she left Blake and Jacob in the courtroom and rushed to the ED. When a CT scan suggested that Miles' seizure was linked to the assault, Elle ordered a urine test, believing that his symptoms have been exacerbated by cannabis. Later, she was forced to intubate him once he started fitting again. Miles later underwent brain surgery, and Elle stayed with him after his mother Linda left to travel to Toronto. The following morning, Alicia gave Elle the urine test results, confirming the presence of THC. She returned to court to hear the judge's verdict. Elle was relieved when Blake was given a six-month referral order. As she prepared to celebrate, Blake asked her if he could stay with Jacob for a while, and she reluctantly allowed him to. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 23)
In March, Elle had a one-night stand with Ric Griffin after a GMC conference. (HC: "Powerless") The following morning, she asked Alicia to write her up a prescription for the morning after pill. Jacob later found out and was furious at Elle for ignoring his calls asking for help with Blake's homework. When she couldn't find her medication, she accused Jacob of hiding them. Later, she was relieved to hear that Blake passed his test but was shocked when Jacob decided to resign as clinical nurse manager to spend more time with his son. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 29)
In June, after Connie ordered an unusually high number of pathology tests, Elle decided to investigate. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 38) The following week, she volunteered to accompany Connie to a meeting to pitch her trauma theatre after Dylan had to back out. On the way, they were splashed by a passing car while repairing a punctured tyre. They stopped at a petrol station to get cleaned up, but they soon realised that they had stumbled into the scene of a robbery. Outside, they were forced to treat the robber's daughter after he accidentally hit her with his car. With their car out of commission, they hitchhiked to the meeting and arrived just in time. Later, at the hotel, Elle offended Connie when she nonchalantly discussed her self-testing. However, they soon got drunk together and became friends. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 39) In July, following the opening of the trauma theatre, Elle became frustrated with Connie when she convinced her patient's father to consent to surgery just to show off the new theatre. However, Connie was later perplexed after Elle suggested going out for a drink, prompting Elle to remind her that they could still be friends outside of work. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 43)
In October, Elle treated Jacob's mother Omo after she was taken into the ED by police, following a schizophrenic episode. Omo asserted that she was fine, but Blake managed to convince her to accept Elle's help. However, shortly after, the voices in Omo's head started telling her that Elle had poisoned her and, after making a scene in cubicles, Elle and Jacob had to restrain and sedate her. Later, she encouraged Jacob to allow Blake to continue seeing Omo, claiming that he now knew what he was dealing with. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 8)
Elle and Jan at the scene of Sacha's car crash. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 26)
In December, when Connie went to the United States to spend Christmas with Grace, (HC: "Everything Old Is New Again") Elle became acting Clinical Lead. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 16) Connie returned the following month. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 20) In March 2019, the hospital was thrown into chaos when its computer system was compromised by a virus. Due to the booking system being taken offline, Elle brought in several large whiteboards to record patient information, but Connie reprimanded her and told her to stick to treating patients. She got into more trouble for not following protocol and sending a patient to Jac Naylor on Darwin. Consequently, Connie sent Elle to help out at the scene of an entrapment. Upon arriving, she was shocked to find out that Sacha Levy was involved in the crash. She managed to reduce his daughter Beka's dislocated shoulder, allowing her to be freed from the wreckage. On AAU, Serena Campbell allowed Elle and Darla Johnstone to wait for Ric in her office. There, Elle comforted Darla as she broke down. She believed that the crash was her fault, and she asked Elle if she could keep a secret. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 26)
In the toilets, Elle helped Darla take a pregnancy test, but Ric walked in and decided to take Darla home. Elle told him that she needed to get her some antibiotics and promised to take her back to AAU once they were done. Once Ric left, Elle told Darla that the test came back positive. Darla told her that she didn't want to tell her father Kofi as he was a Jehovah's Witness, but Elle assured her that there was no religion on Earth that was all morality and no compassion, and she encouraged her to seek support. They soon returned to AAU, and Darla told Ric that she was pregnant. When Ric didn't take the news well, Elle informed him that, given Darla's age, she would have to make a referral to social services. Ric asked her why she didn't call him back after their one-night stand, and Elle told him that she was an idiot. As she leaned in closer, he told her that he was already seeing someone. (HC: "Powerless") Later that week, Connie reprimanded Elle for addressing the team about Iain's condition following his suicide attempt. Later that day, after David scolded Charlie for his treatment towards Gem, Elle found him in a storage cupboard and asked him what was going on. He told her that Iain's situation had reminded him of his brother's suicide. Sympathetic, she encouraged him to go outside for some fresh air before returning to work. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 27)
Job offer and departure
Later that month, Elle was delighted to learn that the department's mortality and morbidity figures were low during her tenure as acting Clinical Lead. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 28) In April, the Royal Wiltshire asked her to attend an interview for the role of Clinical Lead. David encouraged her to make the news public, but she believed that she would have been taking advantage of Connie's bad luck. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 32) In May, she was asked to start her new job in two weeks, but she was reluctant to tell Connie who was in a foul mood due to Will arriving late for his second interview for the vacant consultant post. Later, in her office, Elle informed Connie that she was leaving, and, to her surprise and disappointment, Connie congratulated her and explained that she was saving her anger for Will. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 34)
On 25 May, Elle arrived to work her final shift in the ED, and her colleagues, including Dylan and David, wished her luck and claimed that she was the one holding the department together. Later, Hanssen visited the ED to bid farewell to Elle and speak to Connie about issues with the department's performance. Consequently, Elle overheard him asking Connie why she gave Elle such a glowing reference to Richard Shawcross - her new boss. She voiced her concerns to Jacob who encouraged her to ask Connie herself. Elle confronted her and demanded to know if she contacted Richard first, but Connie dismissed her questions as paranoia. She pointed out her weight loss and reclusive behaviour and suggested that she was frightened of another attack. Connie labelled her as "deluded", prompting Elle to challenge her to treat a patient in resus.
That afternoon, Elle treated a man named Terry, who was injured whilst fighting off a pair of burglars, and his daughter Georgy. Her test results showed that she was seriously anaemic, and Terry claimed that he had registered Georgy with a new GP after moving from Leeds. In HDC, after examining her eyes, Elle tried to get Georgy to answer basic questions about her health and home life, but it was apparent that her vocabulary was severely limited. Following a confrontation between him and one of the burglars, Terry insisted on not speaking to the police and taking Georgy home, but Elle highlighted her "virtually non-existent" language skills and severely diminished vision and persuaded him to keep her in whilst she ran more tests.
After researching the surgery Terry named, Jade informed Elle that it did not exist. Further tests also showed that Georgy was at risk of developing rickets, and Elle found out from one of the burglars that Terry had a second daughter. When Georgy was missing from her cubicle, Elle went to Terry's house to convince him to bring her back in. When he refused and began to break down, Elle was directed to his second daughter's room by Georgy. The police and ambulance service subsequently arrived, and the two girls were taken into care.
An emotional Elle collects her leaving presents. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 36)
That evening, Elle visited Connie in her office and informed her that she would not be accepting the job at the Royal, nor would she be remaining at the ED. She explained to Connie that she had made an effort to be her friend, but she understood that she was not capable of feeling the same way. After giving her the business card of a therapist named Cordelia Featherstone, Elle went to the staff room to collect her leaving presents. In reception, Connie called to Elle, but she did not hear her and left. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 36)
In September 2017, Elle met Marty Williams after his daughter was admitted to the ED. Although she initially declined his offer of a drink, she later returned the offer. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 6) In October, after spending the night together, she was concerned that he was carrying an STI after he came into the department with an inflamed groin. She later learned that Blake had put chilli powder in his underwear and triggered an extreme allergic reaction. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 10) In December, after a fight broke out between him and Blake, Elle felt that Marty didn't love Blake and broke up with him. (CAS: Series 32, Episode 16)
Elle's car is her sanctuary - her only place of peace and quiet.[1]
She has a close friendship with Hanssen.[1]
Elle graduated from the University of Exeter in 1991. (CAS: "You Are Your Only Limit")
Elle has three teenage boys, who can be quite a handful. (CAS: "Hello, I Must Be Going")
She became the Clinical Lead of the ED in November 2016, (CAS: "About My Mother") before stepping down three months later, following her tribunal. (CAS: "You Are Your Only Limit")
Jaye Griffiths first appeared as Elle in May 2016.
Jaye Griffiths' first episode as Elle Gardner aired on 7 May 2016. Her casting, along with Jason Durr and Lloyd Everitt's, was announced in late February 2016.
Speaking on the role, Griffiths said: "I was filming in Cardiff for Doctor Who last year, so it's great to be back in Wales starting a new role with the Casualty team. Everyone's been extremely welcoming and the storylines are really powerful."
The first appearance of Elle in video footage was released in a trailer posted by the BBC in March 2016. It featured several snippets of scenes with her in, showing her conflict with Connie and friendship with Jacob.
In May 2019, it was announced that Griffiths would be leaving the show. Her final episode - the 36th episode of series 33 - aired on 25 May 2019.
Elle first appeared in the series 30 episode "Hello, I Must Be Going", the same episode in which Zoe Hanna departed, and last appeared in the 36th episode of series 33.
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