Quote Originally Posted by Dazzle View Post
Actually, Stephanie left suddenly because of the death of her brother, but was due to leave very soon anyway because her contract was up, which is why she didn't come back. It was her decision not to renew her contract. See the 23rd August comment on her Twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/Stephdivacole

So she was never going to play a role in Hayley's cancer storyline in the long term.
Not according to this article:

http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/coronatio...forces-rewrite