Tess Bateman is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama
Casualty, played by Suzanne Packer. She first appeared in the series
eighteen episode "End of the Line (Part 1)" on 13 September 2003. Tess
is currently a senior ward sister. From her arrival until 2005, Tess
was an emergency nurse practitioner and following that, she was
promoted to clinical nurse manager for six years, until 2011. In May
2011, Tess resigned from her position and resumed the role of Band 7
Ward Sister, with Linda Andrews (Christine Tremarco) taking over her
previous position. Nine weeks later, Linda resigns and Tess is
reinstated as clinical nurse manager. Tess then continues this post
for nearly a further four years when, in January 2015, Tess resigns to
help set up a new health centre as a secondment. She returns two weeks
later as a Band 7 Ward Sister, with Rita Freeman (Chloe Howman) taking
over her previous position.Former Casualty actor, Louis Emerick (who
played Tess' husband Mike), revealed on Twitter that Packer had filmed
her exit scenes for Casualty, after nearly twelve years in the role.
No confirmation was released by the BBC or Packer, herself. Tess made
the difficult decision of leaving Holby to live with her son, Sam
(Luke Bailey), in Leeds following the birth of his son Charlie, on 15
August 2015. Tess then appeared through a video message to friend Zoe
Hanna (Sunetra Sarker), wishing her luck for her wedding and that she
is enjoying being a grandmother, on 22 August. Packer reprised her
role for the 30th anniversary episode "Too Old for This Shift", which
aired on 27 August 2016.Following her husband's paralysis and their
subsequent separation, she struggles to come to terms with her son
Sam's bi-polar condition, and is reluctant to see him gain his
independence. She has a strong friendship with fellow nurse Abs
Denham. After budget cuts, Tess considers taking redundancy, leaving
Charlie Fairhead to run the department, but these plans are stymied
when Charlie temporarily leaves the department after attacking a
patient. Over the course of the show, Tess has several near-fatal
encounters. In series 20, she is drugged and left for dead by Sam's
unstable girlfriend, Fleur. In series 22, she is injected with a
paralysis drug by Bank nurse Lewis, and in series 23, she trips in a
building site, impaling herself through the abdomen on a metal pole.
In series 25, Henry tried to persuade Tess to take the blame for the
death of a young boy. Angry and upset by the unfairness, she resigned
from Clinical Nurse Manager and has since worked in the ED as a Staff
Nurse and Ward Sister however in series 26 she regained her place as
Clinical Nurse Manager from Linda Andrews and Linda then became a
staff nurse. She has a very close relationship with Fletch and seemed
a bit jealous when he grew close to Aoife although he was not
romantically interested in her.
Casualty, played by Suzanne Packer. She first appeared in the series
eighteen episode "End of the Line (Part 1)" on 13 September 2003. Tess
is currently a senior ward sister. From her arrival until 2005, Tess
was an emergency nurse practitioner and following that, she was
promoted to clinical nurse manager for six years, until 2011. In May
2011, Tess resigned from her position and resumed the role of Band 7
Ward Sister, with Linda Andrews (Christine Tremarco) taking over her
previous position. Nine weeks later, Linda resigns and Tess is
reinstated as clinical nurse manager. Tess then continues this post
for nearly a further four years when, in January 2015, Tess resigns to
help set up a new health centre as a secondment. She returns two weeks
later as a Band 7 Ward Sister, with Rita Freeman (Chloe Howman) taking
over her previous position.Former Casualty actor, Louis Emerick (who
played Tess' husband Mike), revealed on Twitter that Packer had filmed
her exit scenes for Casualty, after nearly twelve years in the role.
No confirmation was released by the BBC or Packer, herself. Tess made
the difficult decision of leaving Holby to live with her son, Sam
(Luke Bailey), in Leeds following the birth of his son Charlie, on 15
August 2015. Tess then appeared through a video message to friend Zoe
Hanna (Sunetra Sarker), wishing her luck for her wedding and that she
is enjoying being a grandmother, on 22 August. Packer reprised her
role for the 30th anniversary episode "Too Old for This Shift", which
aired on 27 August 2016.Following her husband's paralysis and their
subsequent separation, she struggles to come to terms with her son
Sam's bi-polar condition, and is reluctant to see him gain his
independence. She has a strong friendship with fellow nurse Abs
Denham. After budget cuts, Tess considers taking redundancy, leaving
Charlie Fairhead to run the department, but these plans are stymied
when Charlie temporarily leaves the department after attacking a
patient. Over the course of the show, Tess has several near-fatal
encounters. In series 20, she is drugged and left for dead by Sam's
unstable girlfriend, Fleur. In series 22, she is injected with a
paralysis drug by Bank nurse Lewis, and in series 23, she trips in a
building site, impaling herself through the abdomen on a metal pole.
In series 25, Henry tried to persuade Tess to take the blame for the
death of a young boy. Angry and upset by the unfairness, she resigned
from Clinical Nurse Manager and has since worked in the ED as a Staff
Nurse and Ward Sister however in series 26 she regained her place as
Clinical Nurse Manager from Linda Andrews and Linda then became a
staff nurse. She has a very close relationship with Fletch and seemed
a bit jealous when he grew close to Aoife although he was not
romantically interested in her.
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