Casualty spoilers: Duffy and Charlie for even more heartbreak after dementia diagnosis

Casualty fans are preparing for a heartbreaking time on the BBC drama following on from Lisa “Duffy” Duffin’s (played by Cathy Shipton) diagnosis. 

Last weekend, the favourite headed to the doctors to get the results of her memory test.

It wasn’t good as the specialist said he believes she is showing early signs of vascular dementia. 

However, she hasn’t had the official confirmation as of yet and headed to see her husband, Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson), for some support.

She told him what the diagnosis is believed to be and Charlie decided to keep it under his hat. 

However Cathy appeared on This Morning earlier in the week and told Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby what’s coming in the future for the beloved characters.

The actress revealed: “She found herself having panic attacks and as you saw her talking to Bill, someone who came back into her life, and she ended up leaning on him, not Charlie.

“In a way, this is all symptomatic because it’s behaviour changes – you get memory loss, anxiety, but things aren’t adding up to her.

“How they’ve structured it on the show is [Duffy’s] working on the night shift and he’s on the day shift.

“She’s not leaning on [Charlie] so she’s incredibly isolated with no one to lean on.”

Furthermore, Cathy thinks this is one of the most “bittersweet” stories ever to have aired on Casualty, which has just been nominated for a BAFTA. 

The star continued: “It’s the toughest, it’s the most bittersweet storyline because the show is responsible.

“People are going through a lot of the issues we’re showing in their lives. [The show] is taking a lot of care.”

She went on to add that the BBC series has been careful to build the storyline up slowly to make it as realistic as possible.

Cathy had previously spoken out about playing the storyline, telling The Mirror it had really helped her confront her own fears. 

She said: “The thought of getting dementia is frightening. 

“I was scared before I started working on this storyline, but it has made me feel less afraid. 

“But that’s what the show has done to me over the entire years I’ve been involved. 

“You can’t come to a show like this and be a hypochondriac.”

Casualty continues tonight on BBC One at 8.25pm.

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