t’s Ric’s (Hugh Quarshie) 65th birthday but, making mistakes at work, he is caving under the pressure when his magnum opus returns and recognises that he’s not the surgeon he once was… Will he have the courage to admit that he has a problem?

Putting any reconciliation with Ange (Dawn Steele) at risk, Fletch (Alex Walkinshaw) goes on a mission to find out if Chloe’s (Amy Lennox) claims of Evan (Jack Ryder) are true… but whose side is he really on?

After Sacha (Bob Barrett) jumps to the wrong conclusion about baby Isla, Essie (Kaye Wragg) finds herself assuming the role of a newly adoptive mother and is forced into living a lie.