A new face appears at the Beeches, and Joanna's heroic efforts to arrange an operation for an Alzheimer's sufferer brings her into contact with an old flame.
Sam is tormented by the case of a cancer sufferer who refuses to endanger her unborn child by undergoing treatment, while the campaign to save the local hospital gets a boost.
Joanna is held at knifepoint by a runaway mother, some good news lifts Sam's depression over the death of a patient and romance blossoms between Andrew and Dawn.