Doctors is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, as well as its sister surgery located at a nearby university campus. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in Doctors in 2015, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the programme's executive producer, Will Trotter, or his successor, Mike Hobson. January sees (Natasha James) be introduced as the aunt of Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins), with (Rebecca Grant) making her debut in March. Sid Vere (Ashley Rice joins the series in April as a general practitioner at the Mill, and (Milo Twomey) begins appearing the next month. (Shane O'Meara) arrives in July as the brother of Niamh Donoghue (Jessica Regan). (Sean Browne) debuts in September as a nurse. October sees Ruhma Hanif (Bharti Patel) join the series as a new midwife at the Mill, and her arrival is followed by that of her children, (Mandy Thandi, later Lisa Ambalavanar) and (Sunjay Midda). (Adam Astill) joins in December as the new practice manager of the Mill.