As part of their training, nurses have to select and get to know a patient and do a case history on him. Jo Longhurst decides on a particularly difficult one...

Ruth Fullman is on the maternity ward, and she finds herself suddenly involved with a patient - an involvement which has definite ramifications on her private life. Meanwhile, Maureen Morahan has a different kind of problem - a problem which prompts her to seek advice from the hospital chaplain.