Kate breaks the nurses' golden taboo and starts dating a patient, Robert. As Robert becomes increasingly ill, Kate finds she's compromising herself both as a nurse and a girlfriend and comes to the conclusion that she doesn't much like sick people.
Beth is increasingly irked by Jamie's unctuous social climbing in his attempt to become registrar, and determines to bring him down a peg or two.
Lia has to look after her daughter Emma's school rabbit as a symbol of her responsibilities as a parent, while Anji volunteers to help a PHD psychology student who becomes convinced she's on the verge of a mental breakdown.
