Jack Clayton (ex-Emmerdale actor Ian Kelsey) and his family visit Skelthwaite, the home town of his wife Nisha (former Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati), who happens to be a nurse - handy for Anna, who is struggling to replace Kim. David doesn't feel like celebrating his birthday as the factory's problems reach crisis point, and Zoe becomes suspicious of a patient's boyfriend.

Anna organises a picket of the Greenwoods site, but faces opposition to her protest from the police, while Harding considers a tempting business offer. Alfie Gough's health starts to deteriorate, and Nisha uses all her resources to help a patient whose boyfriend is in a coma - leaving her oblivious of daughter Rowan's increasing closeness to Robert Ashford.