Georgie Parker stars as Terri Sullivan, the Nursing Unit Manager at All Saints Western General Hospital. She manages the general medical ward, affectionately known as the "Garbage Ward" because it takes the overflow of patients from all the other wards.

Terri cares for a terminal cancer patient and reminds the elderly woman she can refuse treatment but her doctor, Harry Williams, has no intention of withdrawing treatment and accuses Terri of advocating euthanasia. The nursing staff clash with an incompetent medical intern who walks off the ward in the middle of a procedure. Connor thinks a patient is going through alcoholic withdrawal, Von gives Jared lessons on nursing, and Ward 17 plays host to a nervous bikie's wedding.

Dr. Harry Williams becomes the ward's newest, and most demanding, patient when he is admitted with a cardiac condition. While performing a delicate procedure on a patient whom she believes does not speak english, Von makes some inappropriate comments that upset her patient. Jarred connects with a young drug addict.

Ben saves the life of a drug dealer who is then admitted to Ward 17 where he antagonises Luke whose imprisoned brother he knows. Connor's social life risks affecting his job performance as he challenges Dr Wu on his treatment for a patient. Sophie returns to nursing following her husband's death and is assigned to Ward 17 but Terri has concerns about her wellbeing. Connor agrees to let Jared move in.

Bron faces the dilemma of becoming too attached to a patient when hunky muscle man Arnie Walker is brought in after falling off his motorbike. As his condition deteriorates, Bron suspects that his real problems may not be the result of the accident. Sophie faces professional and personal challenges on her first day back at work. Terri comes to the defence of a coworker who believes Terri is to blame for her dismissal.

When Jaz collapses after being slipped a party drug, Connor and Bron put their careers on line to care for her in the ward rather than officially admitting her. A cancer patient's relationship with his girlfriend dwindles due to his illness.

Emily Watson and her brother Robbie are admitted for a kidney transplant. Emily is the donor as Robbie has had reflux nephropathy since he was thirteen and has been on dialysis for most of his adolescence. Steph and Connor, who are assigned to them, express how brave and selfless Emily is being by giving her brother the ultimate gift. However, Emily down plays her sacrifice, Robbie is the one that is sick not her. Steph and Connor bond with their respective patients but in Connor's case, theres more than a hint of attraction to Emily. All seems set for the transplant and then the ward is stunned when Emily walks out of the hospital leaving a distraught Robbie behind. Connor is amazed to find Emily at Cougar's later the same night. She explains the reason behind her departure was that all her life shes been the dutiful daughter who did what was expected of her. Now she is putting number one first. Connor points out, by drawing parallels with his own brother, that being the favourite sibling, isn't always the easy ride that it seems. He also tells Emily that she has to be nil-by-mouth by midnight, if she drinks her glass of wine the op will be cancelled anyway.

Rachel McMahon, an incredibly fit triathlete, is admitted with bone cancer in her upper arms. She is to have a forequarter amputation, a devastating operation for anyone but even more so, for an elite athlete. Bron is dismayed, she always seems to get the basket cases. To everyone's surprise, however, Rachel is handling things surprisingly well, using her sporting philosophy to help her cope. Peter expresses his doubts to Terri about her bravado, he realises that it's a defence mechanism. Rachel and Bron, bond and Bron attends Rachel "arm off" party. Despite initial misgivings, Bron thinks that Rachel can handle anything that is thrown at her. After the operation, however, it is a different story. Rachel is a mess, having phantom limb pains and is inconsolable about the loss of her arm. It becomes Bron's responsibility to help her.

Sophie ties to help a young West African woman who is torn between upholding traditions and concern for her health. An old friend from Von's past refuses treatment and causes difficult memories from their time in Vietnam to resurface. A young woman's illness confounds the doctors while Stephanie questions Luke's commitment to helping his patient.

Bron's favourite patient Bob Parkin is back in the ward with pneumonia. He is stunned and disbelieving when told his illness is probably HIV related, and he refuses to have an HIV test. Nor is he forthcoming on the possible source of the infection, and Bron suspects he genuinely doesn't know. Bron makes it her personal mission to convince Bob to have the test, so he can take advantage of the latest therapies and treatments. However, her job is not an easy one as he has adopted an ostrich approach. Bron learns about Bob's long lost ex-lover and sensing she might be able to shed some light on his illness, tries to track her down.

Meanwhile, Luke assists in performing a laparotomy on Margaret Quinell. She has several tumours and the consultant is convinced it is terminal cancer. Luke is ordered to break the news to Margaret, even before the results of the biopsy come through. He's surprised however, when Margaret is philosophical about dying, as it means she can join her late husband. Margaret's estranged son David turns up at the hospital unexpectedly, after having lost touch with his mother. Connor finds himself treading a difficult path as he cares for Margaret and tries to help David reconcile with his mother before she dies.

Jared is dismayed and angry to find out that Angie is back in the ward. She fell over following an overdose and has a cut to her head. Dr. Wu tells her that he has contracted Hepatitis B and C. In addition to his normal duties, Jared takes care of Angie. However, he takes things too far when he invites her to stay with him and Connor upon her discharge from hospital.

Jared is worried when a new mother rejects her child and when the baby goes missing, the teenage mother becomes the prime suspect. Seeing her possible future self, Von offers encouragement to a retired nurse who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. A woman recalls the situation causing her blindness.

A mother delays her son's urgent brain tumour surgery to allow her time to perform a wican healing ritual. The mother's religious beliefs are an afront to Terri who struggles accuses the woman of using her son to make a political statement. A nervous patient's lucky coin goes missing after his operation. Ben wants to start a family but Stephanie isn't receptive to his planning.

Stephanie befriends a drug-dependent intern. A bulimic becomes attracted to Peter.

A high profile lawyer arrives for a coronary by-pass but her irresponsible attitude towards her own health, including her failure to give up smoking, make the surgeons decide to postpone the operation. Terri advocates to get an elderly patient approved for an expensive medication after he was refused a heart transplant due to his age. On the verge of leaving for a vacation with his wife, Peter is called back to the hospital by a patient. While trying to reconnect with his wife, Jenny is critically injured in a car accident. Connor is upset over Bron and Luke's relationship and Jared has a secret admirer.

Connor is horrified to learn that his rugby hero has been admitted to Ward 17 with stab wounds from his girlfriend. Connor is excited after arranging to look after his idol, but his opinion of the man changes drastically after spending time with him and learning what prompted the attack. Peter keeps vigil at his wife's bedside in ICU in hopeful anticipation of her recovery. Two women with contrasting reasons for being in hospital find themselves sharing a room. Jared reconciles with his ex-fiancée Amanda.

Terri has been up all night comforting Peter who cannot accept that his wife is braindead. She also has the difficult task of asking Peter to give consent for Jenny's organs to be donated for transplant purposes. Terri makes Connor the Team Leader for the day and the power goes to his head. Jared spots a suspicious mole as he prepares to discharge a patient. When Connor agrees to let Luke perform a biopsy on the ward, it causes a bed shortage and an elderly patient waiting to be given a bed wanders off.

Terri mourns for Jenny and struggles with the breakdown of her friendship with Peter who has returned to work just one day after Jenny's funeral. A rambunctious godmother of a notorious crime family causes havoc on the ward. With no one to discuss her troubles with, Terri opens up to a charming patient. Luke has concerns for his job when a family secret is exposed. Connor must confront his prejudices as he comforts dying AIDS patient and his distraught partner.

The arrival of two high-dependency patients from the Intensive Care Unit and an incompetent agency nurse increase the stress and workload in Ward 17. Despite his reassurances to Terri, Peter has trouble dealing with Raelene Gregson, a difficult patient who he blames for setting in motion the events leading up to his wife's death. Von feels betrayed when she learns a young woman deceived her about how she contracted her illness. Jared covers for an overworked colleague's mistake but a second error results in him filing an incident report. Bron and Luke's relationship is made public much to their friends' delight.

An unwanted pregnancy results in an abandoned child as Terri and Peter are forced to put a young girl's emotional health at risk in order to save the life of her newborn baby. Angie continues to be a presence in Jared's life and surprises him by landing a job at All Saints as a cleaner on Ward 17 — much to Von's disgust. Stephanie confronts Ben, accusing him of having an affair.

Stephanie supports a pregnant woman's decision to have a cochlear implant against her deaf husband's wishes. Bron resents Stephanie's accusation that she is playing favourites with her patients. Bron denies giving special attention to a handsome patient and refusing to rethink her behaviour even when the patient misreads her actions. A stubborn holocoast survivor battling diabetes helps Jared reconnect with his family.

Luke is put through the wringer when a patient deteriorates before his eyes. Jared learns more harsh truths when he finds Angie working as a prostitute. Terri realises that Peter is nowhere near as settled as he appears in the aftermath of his wife Jenny's death. Realising she's not the person to talk to Peter, Terri asks Sophie for her help. While Von has trouble keeping her patients alive, Stephanie is taken aback by a family celebrating the death of a loved one.

A young woman is in hospital with a serious bacterial infection six weeks after the birth of her first child. She goes into cardiac arrest has a near death experience. Jaz helps three elderly ladies feel worthwhile and Von brings out the devil in an otherwise shy, gentleman patient.

Luke is attracted to a visiting surgical consultant in spite of her barracuda-like reputation. Initially offered a high-profile job at another hospital, Luke's standing with the specialist quickly changes as she denies any responsibility the misdiagnosis of a patient. Jared ignores his instincts and, following the directions of an intern, botches the treatment of a patient resulting in a report being filed against him by the doctor. On his first day with Rapid Response, Ben has a knife pulled on him by a gang member as he tries to attend to the victim of a stabbing. Later in hospital, the man warns Ben that his interference has made him a target for retaliation. A difficult patient gets physical with Stephanie and Jared's birthday surprise doesn't go over well with Terri.

A man is admitted following an attack which has left him badly bruised, slightly concussed and with severed tendons in his hand. When his wife arrives he reacts to her with fear, but she tries to convince Steph that he needs psychiatric help. After talking to both the man and his wife, each of whom accuses the other of being the one in need of his professional help, Dr Morrison must determine who is telling the truth. Gossip is rampant amongst Bron and the other ward staff about the identity of Dr. Norman's mystery lover. Ben is attacked in a park resulting in him being a patient in Accident and Emergency. Suspicions are raised when insulin goes missing from the ward.

Bron has an unpleasant shock when the new head of Cardiothoracic Surgery arrives at All Saints. It is none other than Professor Richard Craig… her father. While Luke enjoys being taken under the renouned doctor's tutelage as he prepares to perform a risky ground-breaking surgery, Bron continually butts heads with the strong-willed Professor, confounding her co-workers who are unaware of their existing relationship. Terri faces echoes from her past when she helps a victim of domestic violence. Von plays mediator between a protective father and his daughter's hospitalised boyfriend.

On his first day back on the job, Ben responds to the scene of an armed robbery where a young police officer has been shot. After surgery, the young man, an old schoolmate of Jaz's, is brought onto the ward where it is discovered that his spinal column is damaged and he may never walk again. A young epileptic who arrives after an automobile accident tests Bron's patience with his bad attitude and self-destructive behaviour. Von helps a woman overcome her embarrassment to relieve her abdominal discomfort. Steph worries that Ben may be showing signs of Post Traumatic Shock Syndrome after his bashing.

While Stephanie tries to adjust to the idea of being pregnant, she is assigned to nurse a dying woman who wants to hold on for the birth of her great-grandchild. Jared goes to bat for a young man with a cricket injury, appealing to Dr O'Hara to re-examine him when his condition takes a drastic turn for the worse. Peter steps in when Sophie's concerns for a patient go unheeded by Prof. Craig. The arrival of two student nurses to the ward adds excitement to the ward.

Terri's faith is tested when her best friend and mentor, Sister Marguerite, undergoes a startling personality change after being admitted to the ward. Professor Craig saves a patient's life with a spectacular but risky emergency procedure. Sophie faces the consequences of trying to seduce Peter and a delightful couple show Jared that many old people have pasts that could curl his hair!

A TV celebrity checks in for a double mastectomy — accompanied by a television crew who will document the whole procedure for a new medical show. Terri seeks to help the woman make what is an important life choice, despite the invasive presence of the media. In the midst of their latest public confrontation, Professor Craig drops a bombshell on the staff of Ward 17 — with dire consequences for her relationships with Luke and Connor. Jared's professionalism is challenged when he is tasked with caring for a homeless man. Bron is surprised by an eccentric patient's preparations for her death. Jared rejects Angie's plea for help.

Richard Craig is all set to perform a ground breaking heart surgery, but when the patient changes his mind, Luke places the blame on Bron. Connor cares for a man of unknown identity only to discover when he emerges from a coma that he is part of a complicated family who are keeping the ward staff busy mediating their strained relationships. Jared organises a party to repair Bron and Connor's friendship, but his idea backfires and the night ends in tragedy.

An English tourist and his wife are admitted after a serious car accident. She is in a coma and he is desperate to see her — in spite of his severe chest injuries, which mean that he cannot be moved. When the woman dies of her injuries, Richard Craig instructs Stephanie not to inform the husband which proves to be a difficult task given her close involvement with him. Terri's faith is tested when a convicted rapist is brought onto the ward. Jared fears he may have contracted HIV while giving First Aid to a Angie. Bron helps Bob to confront his prejudices during a visit to Outpatients while Jaz is courted by a cute young radiologist.

Terri fills in as Assistant Director of Nursing for the day, leaving Steph responsible for Ward 17. Steph is emotionally tested when a young woman is admitted after a botched backstreet abortion. While nursing the young woman who undergoes a hysterectomy, Steph questions the importance of children in her own marriage following the loss of her pregnancy. After turning down Bob Parkin as a surgical candidate, Professor Craig forces Bron into making a huge sacrifice. Von suspects there is more to an elderly man's health than meets the eye and Jared literally saves a patient's life.

Bob Parkin is in for a lung resection and Bron has developed a soft spot for him. She faces crisis upon crises as she hands in her resignation and her dear friend's life-saving operation goes terribly wrong. Connor doubts his ability as a nurse when a deranged patient takes a dislike to him. Von finds anger and compassion when a streetkid takes an unorthodox path to find help. Jared bears the brunt of Amanda's prejudices when she finds out that he could be HIV positive.

A patient's flirtation with Jared becomes serious when she accuses him of rape. A patient's refusal to have an operation finally brings the axe down on Professor Craig. Having convinced Connor and Jared to let her move in with them, Bron then stuns Ward 17 by revealing her resignation. A patient's honesty and optimism gives Steph the strength to tell Ben she may never want children.

When Peter counsels the father of a teenage binge drinker, he is also forced to examine his relationship with his own son. Bron is looking for action on her first day of ambulance duty… and she gets more than she bargained for. Jared tries to convince a husband to overcome his fears and spend more time with his terminally ill wife. Connor hopes for a quiet day on the Ward so he can watch the Grand Final telecast.

Responding to the sudden death of an infant, Bron takes a compassionate approach to the grieving mother while Ben takes out his pent up aggressions from the loss of Steph's baby. The surly teenage daughter of a woman diagnosed with a severe neurological disorder shows a softer side when Terri takes it upon herself to tell the girl about the seriousness of mother's condition. A nudist makes life uncomfortable for the Ward 17 staff and gives Connor reason to believe Von is harbouring a revealing secret. Jaz's absence from work and odd behaviour concerns her co-workers. Bron receives an unexpected windfall from a departed friend.

No one is surprised when a woman is re-admitted to the ward after being injured in a domestic dispute with her husband. Ben pushes himself to the limit when he and Bron try to rescue a woman trapped in a twisted car wreck. Connor learns a lesson in prejudice when he looks after a schizophrenic patient. Jaz tries to come to terms with the fact she was date-raped by Danny.

Jaz is still trying to come to terms with her date rape and has a tense moment with Jared after she makes a mistake on the ward. It falls to Terri to tell the staff what happened and Ward 17 reels from the consequences when they learn about Jaz's ordeal. Peter helps Jaz begin to cope with the trauma she has been through while Bron shows her a direct way of dealing with the situation and Connor decides to get revenge on Jaz's behalf. Von is ashamed to realise her prejudices towards an overweight patient while Ben and Bron discover their elderly patient isn't at all what she appears to be.

The husband of an old friend of Steph's is admitted with an inoperable brain tumour. His wife is barely coping with the strain and it seems a blessing when he slips into a coma. Steph soon faces a moral dilemma when she suspects her friend of performing euthanasia on her dying husband. Bron returns to the Ward for a shift as an agency nurse and her exciting stories as an ambo soon wear thin with the others. Jaz finds an unexpected ally in her struggle to see Danny brought to justice. Peter is troubled by thoughts of who received his late wife's organs.

Terri is forced to nurse reluctant patient Bryan Taylor, a man who has been told that he will develop Huntingdon's Disease and who is determined to commit suicide. He is admitted to Ward 17 having overdosed on a slow-acting drug and has legal papers to say he is not to be resuscitated. Knowing there is still a chance to counteract the drug, Terri hopes to understand the man's motivations and hopefully convince him to change his mind. Bron and Ben form a close bond after becoming caught in a siege at a drug lab. Connor and Jared clash over the conflicting needs of two patients.

Steph's life is on the line when she and two patients contract a rare disease. Luke is forced to question his abilities as a doctor when faced with an ungrateful patient. After getting trapped in a collapsed building, Ben shocks Bron by declaring he's falling in love with her. Von and Dr. Samantha O'Hara help an elderly doctor realise it's time to retire gracefully.

Tension and panic runs high when Ben and Bron are called to save a little girl who has fallen down a storm water drain. With a rush of water about to engulf the drain, Ben feels the pressure of his job take hold. Terri reveals another side to her nature when a demanding patient pushes her too far. Jared and Samantha's attraction grows. Connor is shocked when a humorous bet with Jared turns sour.

The 1998 season finale is packed with emotion when Ward 17 celebrates Christmas. A sick child hopes that her Christmas wish will come true; an elderly man asks Santa for a special gift for his ailing wife; Von learns the true meaning of Christmas; a homeless man goes to great lengths to stay in All Saints for Christmas dinner and Bron is in for a surprise at the Ward 17 Christmas party. Sophie is faced with the possibility of losing custody of her children to her father-in-law. Connor has decided it is finally time to tell Bron how he feels while Jared and Jaz receive test results.

All Saints is thrown into emergency status when an explosion creates chaos and carnage. The disaster becomes personal when the staff realise that Von is missing. Steph has to put aside her fears about her own pregnancy while Ben and Bron fight to save the life of a pregnant woman and her unborn child.

Alex Richards is free from the rubble. She is unconscious, suffering head injuries and in urgent need of surgery. Luke and John Madsen perform a craniotomy to remove a haematoma, and although Alex survives the operation she suffers a respiratory arrest on the Ward. Steph manages to stabilise her but she goes into a coma. Her prognosis is not good and her mother, Di, is distraught.

Luke and Madsen are operating on Rob when the word comes through he is the one responsible for setting the bombs. Luke has just heard of Alex's decline and is so angry he does not care whether Rob lives or dies. But he learns a lesson in professionalism from Madsen.

Unknown to all of them, Rob left a ticking bomb on the Ward when he went into surgery. He is prepared to lose his life for the sake of his vendetta.

Jared is nursing Mrs Price who is frantic about her two missing children, Caitlin and Rowen. When news comes through the kids have been located, Jared suggest Bosco might go over to the site to entertain and distract the kids while the rescue workers try to free them. Bosco laughs in Jared's face and says he has no intention of putting his life in danger and says he is going home.

Over at the Medical Centre, Bron and Ben are just at about their wit's end trying to calm Rowen and Caitlin, when out of nowhere (it seems) a clown appears. Bosco calms the kids and he finally has an audience who appreciates his jokes.

In the middle of the chaos, Mitch proposes to Rose. It never occurred to him she might want time to consider his proposal. In fact, there are a few delicate matters concerning his past that she wants to discuss before she will give him a genuine answer.

Tension levels on the Ward rise even higher when it is learnt Rob is being sent back to Ward 17 after surgery. When Alex's distraught mother Di discovers the man responsible for the bomb is on the Ward after she loses control. She barges into Robs room and starts to attack him. AS far as she is concerned, it is totally unfair for him to live through when it looks like her daughter is dying. Terri has to throw herself in front of Rob to defend him. It is then he tells Terri there is one more bomb...

Bron is given a glimpse of what her future could be like with Luke when surgeon John Madsen's wife and brother are admitted to the Ward following an incriminating incident. Regina resorts to radical and desperate means to save a charming, young Irishman from deportation. The Ward is in fierce competition as they prepare for battle in the annual All Saints fundraising bed race!

Terri's patience is tried to the limit by the demands of an aging and embittered TV star who has suffered terrible facial scarring from an acid attack. Pregnant and overtired, Steph's worst nightmare looms large when she starts to bleed and suffer severe stomach cramps. Cold-shouldered by Bron, Luke accepts a drinks invitation from a glamorous patient and is shocked by a proposal she has for him. Mitch is concerned Regina is becoming too fixated on her wedding plans.

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There is an atmosphere of excitement on the Ward as everyone prepares for the Hospital Fundraiser Ball. Both Mitch and Von deny having bought Terri's ball dress. Nervous and excited, Terri leaves work early to get ready for the ball.

Meanwhile a post-operative patient, Len Gould, blames Von for giving him non-stop hiccups, and Ruby Nolan returns to the ward. Mitch's heat goes out to Ruby when she tells him how much she would love to dance at the ball. Kylie Preece, overconfident about her skills as a doctor, has forgotten to check Ruby's pathology results placing the old lady's life in the balance. Mitch is furious.

As she dresses for the ball, Terri's excitement is tempered when her nosy neighbour Gilda complains about the loud music. There is another knock at the door. Terri assumes it is Gilda but it is obsessed ex-patient Neil Phillips. Neil reveals he bought the ball dress and he forces his way into the flat. This deluded man has convinced himself Terri loves him. When she spurns his advances things turn ugly. Furious his love for Terri is unrequited, he assaults her and looks set to rape her. Terrified, Terri tries to defend herself and stabs Neil with a pair of scissors. Appalled and full of self-pity, Neil leaves the flat with the scissors.

At the Ball, everyone wonders where Terri is. Mitch gets a phone call but it is Kylie. Shaken and rapidly losing confidence, she needs advice about how to keep Ruby alive. Mitch gives her cause for confidence with Ruby but this soon evaporates when Kylie is unable to cope with Len Gould's post-operative crisis–he has hiccuped his wound open and his guts are hanging outside his body. Fortunately, for both of them, Von is on hand to assist Len and give some words of advice to Kylie. Kylie's confidence is restored when Ruby's condition finally starts to improve and the old woman thanks her for being such a caring doctor.

Terri is in shock and rings Von for help. Von comes to her and calls the Police. As Terri tells the Police about what has happened, Neil turns up at the ball to confront Mitch about Terri and the way she has mistreated him Enraged, Mitch manhandles Neil and to his horror, discovers Neil that Terri stabbed him because they have been having a relationship and her guilt finally got the better of her.

Mitch goes to Terri's apartment but Von refuses to let him in. Mitch returns to the hospital, desperate to feel needed and to help someone. He makes Ruby's dream come true when he dances with her in the darkened ward but the magic is broken when Luke arrives with some shocking news…

Terri receives the news at the same time as Mitch—Neil Phillips is dead. Worse, his injuries don't match with Terri's description. As the detectives lead her to the Police Station for questioning, it is clear Terri is now a murder suspect.

Terri leaves the Ranald Graham of the Community House and returns to Ward 17. She has healed somewhat since the death of Neil Phillips a week ago, but Terri knows a return to her usual world will be a trying time. Von gives her all the support she can, but so far Terri's ordeal is not general knowledge. Mitch decides to make himself scarce. Terri gets stuck into office work, avoiding contact with the patients and awkwardly deflecting the friendly inquiries of her colleagues. Meanwhile, rumours circulate about a rape and fatal stabbing.

Steph is shocked when her ambulance officer friend, Mick Todd, is transferred to the ward from the Intensive Care Unit. Mick is not coping with his new life as a paraplegic—he is angry and resentful, a very different person from the lively friend she knew before. When Mick's wife and son arrive for a visit, it is instantly clear how close the marriage is to collapse. Mick wants nothing to do with either of them. He has worked with paraplegics and knows how hard the future will be for him. In putting up his emotional barriers he shuts everyone out—especially the people who love him.

Bron finds herself dealing with a computer savvy hypochondriac. Kent has arrived at the hospital with a range of symptoms and has just about convinced everyone his problem is a blocked bowel. But there is a strike in the hospital today and everyone is under pressure. Kent's demands are not being met and his agitation grows. Eventually, geeky Kent turns out to be a very violent and frightening customer. Bron has to work hard to make up for some less than perfect procedures and save herself and Kent from harm.

Across the ward, Jared is frustrated by the imposing Mr. Roach who is very much "off with the fairies" after neurosurgery. Mr. Roach just wants a cup of tea but can't remember he has had several already.

Events conspire to wind up the pressure on very fragile Terri. Mick Todd seizes her arm and pours out his humiliation and fear over the loss of his sexuality. Terri witnesses Kent lose control and threaten the life of Bron. Finally, confused Mr. Roach gets very close and demands one too many cups of tea. Terri rocked by flashbacks to the terror of Neil Phillips' attack, becomes hysterical and collapses in front of her colleagues.

Terri bravely faces the group and reveals the full truth to all. She will need the support of her friends to get by as she tries to return to a normal life.

Lucke's bro was brought from the jail on order to have an operation & bring out the gillette blades he had eaten to get outta the jail.they didn't seem to be friendly till lucke found out there's something wrong with his bro & finally decided to get some help about it.Terry's still depresed.Ben & his partner tried to get along.

Luke's younger brother Rick is admitted to the ward He is serving six years for robbery but he has swallowed razor blades in an attempt to temporarily get out of prison. During the course of his treatment, Luke is horrified to discover his estranged brother has been subjected to terrible abuse. A patient with offensive body odour puts the olfactory fortitude of the staff to the test. Mitch teaches the inexperienced Dr. Kylie Preece that smell often has a lot do with diagnosing a patient's condition. Pete Moroney (the traumatised paramedic who lost his nerve working with Bron a few months ago is teamed with Ben. Pete has had counselling but Ben is not convinced he has fully recovered. At the end of the day, it is Pete who keeps his cool when Ben loses it.

A kitchen strike puts Ward 17 under pressure, not helped by a severe case of food poisoning. Connor thinks he has also been poisoned and, in treating himself unnecessarily, upsets his plan for the date of a lifetime.

Luke's younger brother Rick is admitted to the ward. He is serving six years for robbery but has swallowed razor blades in an attempt to temporarily get out of prison. Bron quickly discovers Luke is estranged from his brother and attempts to understand what it is going on with Luke's family.

It is not until Rick is in the operating theatre that Luke discovers why his brother took such desperate measures to get out of prison for just a short time. Rick has been badly beaten and tortured, Luke guiltily turns to his mother, Maureen, for help. Is he responsible for Ricky's criminal path? Has he really turned his back on his brother? Eager to make amends, Luke contacts someone who might be able to protect his brother in prison. But it will come at a price.

Ben is teamed with Pete Moroney. Reluctant to give him a go, Ben is sure Pete is still suffering from post-traumatic shock It is only when Steph reminds Ben of his own past nightmares that Ben decides to give Pete a second chance. As fate would have it, it is Pete who prevents Ben from losing his cool when Ben confronts a delivery man who accidentally prevents him from catching the "basher" who injured his friend Mick.

Kylie has to confront a patient with extremely bad body odour. Unable to stay in the room for long, Kylie does not do a proper examination, Mitch insists Kylie compete the task and with Mitch's caring help they are able to change the poor woman's life for the better.

Industrial action has spread to the kitchens and Ward 17 is kept busy with extra duties. An outbreak of food poisoning adds to the chaos and Connor believes, thanks to Jared, that he has also been poisoned. Desperate to go on the date of a lifetime, Connor treats himself unnecessarily and becomes ill. The one good thing to come out of Connor's plight is that Terri laughs for the first time since her assault.

Terri endeavours to put the horror of Neil Phillips' death behind her and get on with her life. She has even decided to move back to her old flat, after living in the Sister's Community House.

Mitch finds himself treating Graham Farmer, a patient with mysterious symptoms uncomfortably similar to those of Neil Phillips. A wary Terri jumps to the conclusion Graham also has Munchausen's Syndrome. Graham's erratic behaviour seems to bolster her claim. However, Mitch has a gut feeling his patient's varied symptoms are genuine and refuses to discharge him. It is only when Mitch discovers the patient has a rare blood disorder, that Terri is forced to acknowledge the demons of her recent past still have to be laid to rest. Consequently, she decides it is not yet time to leave the security of the Community House.

Luke is extremely paranoid. He is convinced his colleagues are giving him the cold shoulder due to his working class origins and the recent hospitalisation of his criminal brother. The theory gains credibility when he finds himself teamed with anaesthetist, Tom Snowdon, for a surgical procedure. Luke and Tom had previously come to blows over Tom's pethidine addiction and the mutual mistrust and dislike has only intensified. To compound matters Luke makes a minor slip-up in a simple procedure resulting in an otherwise healthy woman requiring a temporary colostomy.

This woman, Belinda is Steph's patient and Steph finds herself siding with her patient when Belinda decides to lay a formal complaint against Luke. Mitch reassures Luke the incident was unfortunate but understandable, and that CEO Stan Ridgeway will be most sympathetic. However, Luke is unprepared for Tom's vindictive ambush.

Even Bron is finding Luke's paranoia wearisome, but if she thought Ben would lend her a sympathetic ear she is about to be proven wrong. The friction between the two ambos soon takes a back seat to a full-scale emergency. A "client" assaults Ben and leaves him floating face down in a deserted river. Bron risks her own safety to rescue Ben and perform lifesaving resuscitation, which, essential though it may have been at the time, does not exactly make Ben's day. Later Bron receives word she is being slated for a bravery commendation, which just about sends her over the moon. It is only when she tries to convey the good news to a self-absorbed Luke that she is brought back to earth with thud.

Kylie and Jared find their work cut out for them trying to prepare a retired pensioner, Clive Murray, for some routine heart studies. The patient appears to have a never-ending stream of female family visitors which makes doing check ups increasingly difficult. In a last-ditch attempt to complete their preparation duties they catch him in the act of having sex with one of the so-called daughters. Not only do they solve the riddle of the constant stream of visitors, they learn Clive's heart problems have been exacerbated by his passionate commitment to prostitutes and Viagra.

Luke's career is threatened when a simple medical procedure goes horribly wrong and a vindictive colleague falsely accuses him of gross negligence. Terri's past comes back to haunt her when she encounters a patient who reminds her of her former stalker. Bron and Ben's teamwork is put to the test when a drug addict patient attacks Ben. Jared and Kylie treat a retiree with a bad heart and an amazing sex life.

As Luke faces the internal investigation into his supposed negligence, he is forced to defend himself, putting his career and relationship with Bron on the line. Ben attends the attempted suicide of a mysterious young man. Will the truth of his haunted psyche be revealed before it's too late? Mitch goes into battle against the hospital authorities when patient's relatives are forced to sleep in the car park due to lack of funds.

A young man struggles with the news that to save his life, a large portion of his face will have to be removed. A young woman uses her anorexia to regain media notoriety. Kylie suspects a patient has tuberculosis and refuses to listen when Von questions her diagnosis. Ben and Bron are faced with an emergency when a boy, whose head is stuck between the metal bars of a security door, is stung by a bee.

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While Ben and his new partner, Scott are trapped in the path of a deadly blaze, the hospital staff are crying out for a cool change. Terri makes a big decision about her future while nursing a man with severe burn injuries and Connor finds it difficult working with Bron after his attempt to woo her fails.

Connor, Bron and Jared don't know what has hit them when they come up against Terri's replacement, Kate Larsen. They soon realise that this nursing unit manager has very different ideas about how Ward 17 should be run.

In the late stages of a terminal disease and 38 weeks pregnant, Sarah wants to go home to organise her daughter's fifth birthday party. When she goes into labour in the ambulance, a battle ensues to keep mother and baby alive. Jared is forced to make a decision about his career. Connor, Bron and Kylie prepare to celebrate Jared's birthday.

Mitch diagnoses a gifted ballerina with scoliosis, forcing her to make a choice between her health and a career. Bron is looking after Brett Addison, a former patient who is booked in for spinal surgery. Connor surprises Jodi with flowers and finds her reaction not at all what he expected.

Sarah's health is failing fast and the fight to keep her alive through the compensation case is taking an emotional toll on Mitch and Kate. Bron's gambling debts land her in trouble with a loan shark. Tempers fray between Scott and Ben when they are called to a biscuit factory where a worker has collapsed.

Mitch admits a woman in her mid-thirties, whom he suspects has been brutally raped, possibly by multiple attackers. During her care, Mitch and Connor discover the case is more complex than initially thought. Luke comes into conflict with Claudia following the death of a recently-discharged patient. Meanwhile, Jodi finally breaks her moody silence.

Mitch is forced to realise he is not so different from a hypertensive potential stroke victim whose high-risk condition is largely caused by work, diet and lack of exercise. Connor defies a senior surgeon. Ben comes to the rescue of a timid, slow young man.

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When two teenagers are brought onto the ward following an explosion at a State Boy's Home, their different attitudes lead to a number of wrong conclusions. Rose returns to work, with the added stress of leaving her baby in the crèche for the first time.

Bron comes face-to-face with her estranged gather while she is nursing a teenage girl with heart disease. Everybody has suspicions about how this girl has contracted the disease, but only Bron knows the truth.

Connor wrestles with the fear that his mother has contracted a very serious illness. Bron confronts her own issues with her childhood and her father when a man is admitted after slashing his wrists. Scott organises a birthday treat for Ben - a raunchy on-stage tango with a lingerie waitress.

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Ben and Bron have spent their first night together, but can Ben put the past behind him? A couple are distraught when the father accidentally knocks down and kills their two-year-old baby. Von and Kylie nurse a man who likes to be treated as a baby.

Mitch diagnoses gangrene in an independent homeless lady. When she rejects medical attention, Mitch finds it hard to respect her decision. Bron nurses a young backpacker who has lived with epilepsy for most of his life. After a failed lunch date, Ben finally catches up with Bron. Jared arrives at work to find the medical fund-raising calendar has gone on sale.

Ben and Scott bring a homeless patient named Dawn and when her brother arrives on the Ward, the fighting begins. Luke and Claudia reignite their affair and he asks her out on a date. The nude calendar is released and Scott and Jared both get some unexpected and potentially unwanted attention. Terri nurses a patient with MS who has low self-esteem. Luke operates on a patient who ends up dying due to a complication. Ben and Bron make up after he admits that he is finally over Steph.

Ben and Scott arrive at a low security prison to find a siege in progress with a guard, a nurse and another inmate held hostage in the prison clinic. A post-op patient lands Connor in trouble with Luke. Terri reveals to Von that she is worried Dr Pussle will want to progress the relationship faster than she can handle.

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Von never makes it to the charity ball when her little friend Zac's condition worsens. Terri and Malcolm bond at the ball, but Terri is shocked to discover that Rose suffers from bi-polar disease. Kylie drinks too much, Scott puts more moves on Andrea and Luke's date is viciously raped outside the ball.

Mitch is faced with the fact that he may loose his career over a case where drugs are involved when he perscribes Marijuanna to a patient in pain. Terri offers her support to mitch concerening Rose's Bi-polar but Mitch dosen't take it to well.

On a day when the stars seem to be coming true, Connor tries his luck with love and Bron takes a gamble, which ends up being one of the worst mistakes of her life. However, for two of their patients the stars come through with their predictions of love and fortune.

Mitch faces a double crisis that threatens his professional future when the legal fallout arrives from giving a patient marijuana. Bron battles to save her relationship with Ben after her gambling relapse. Connor's life may be forever changed after receiving an amazing gift from a former patient but it is a current patient that helps put things in perspective. Bron nurses a young woman who struggles with disclosing the details of her illness to the staff. The ambo's bring in a man whose wife tries to coverup the cause of his injuries and find themselves in the middle of an unlikely love triangle.

Mitch is struggling with his marriage, and faces up to a woman who is

wrongly told that her husband has died. A visit from the Minister of

Health throws Luke into a nasty situation when an organ donor's secret

is discovered.

Pussle and Terri's future together is uncertain after Mitch and Pussle's arguments over a patient force their mutual jealousy over Terri out into the open.

Scott is put to the test when Ben blacks out on the job. An emotionally distraught Bron then puts Ben's life at risk by undermining Luke's confidence before surgery. A man's life is thrown into turmoil when told he is terminally ill, only to later discover that there was a mix-up and he isn't going to die.

Mitch and Roses' relationship reaches a crisis when Mitch no longer responds to his wife's manipulations.

Connor is speechless when he bumps into Jodi pole-dancing in a club. Terri finds another nurse rape victim and to Von's surprise, the battle-axe she is nursing turns out to have the key to soothing the rape victim's pain. Mitch is driven mad by Rose's mother. While Terri would love to help, Mitch makes it clear that she's the last person who can do so. Luke pulls off a tricky operation.

An ex-priest undergoes a near-death experience and returns to life claiming there is no God, stirring up Terri's emotions. Mitch is frustrated when Rose turns up at work and refuses to talk to him, and Lucy is not in the crèche. Jodi arrives back at work, but wonders if she has made the right decision. Ben gets the all clear to return to work.

An exhausted Jared is making mistakes on the job and tragically risks Terri's life. Terri's accident is potentially fatal and for Mitch, this is almost the end of a bad day. Mitch receives some devastating news. A man suffering with tumours from second generation Agent Orange Syndrome looks to euthanasia for a way out.

Scott puts his life and his job on the line to save the victims of a gunman's violent rampage through a quiet suburban street.

Terri is in tears over Connor's departure and as Mitch comforts her their true feelings for each other surface.

Von has spotted what is going on between Mitch and Terri. Mitch is conveniently preoccupied with a mysterious bond between twin patients.

Mitch's desperate search for his wife and daughter turns into a serious incident for the police. Terri is so worried about Mitch, it's affecting her work and she makes a mistake on the job that could cost the lives of Von and a patient. Scott realises just how badly the tragic events of the last few weeks have affected him.

Jodi is on the verge of making a life-changing decision when Connor's mother, Julie returns to the Ward and informs her that Connor never stopped caring about her. Rose cheerily returns to Ward having reconciled with Mitch and Terri is happy to support the two of them. Jodi asks Bron to go to the casino with her as part of a potential girls night out and Bron makes the challenging decision to inform Jodi of her gambling addiction. Rose invites Dawn Fraser onto the Ward to help an amputee regain his determination to swim.

Mitch and Luke fight to save the life of a bride caught in a car crash, and there are echoes of wedding bells in Ward 17. Meanwhile, it's Mitch and Rose's first anniversary party, and everyone's invited - except for Terri.

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Von is nursing a terminal patient, a cross-dresser who wants to go out in style, but his wife doesn't know about her husband's secret. Ben vows to find and destroy the rapist who nearly got Bron. Kylie Preece finally stands up to Dr Murphy. Lyle accidentally throws out a patient's thyroid gland.

The rapist strikes again, kidnapping Bron and leaving a young nurse dead. In mortal danger, Bron is shocked when she discovers the identity of the serial rapist. Ward 17 is threatened with quarantine after a breakout of golden staph. Luke is forbidden to operate on patients after being suspected as a carrier.

Rebecca and Scott are called out to a bombing site where an accident leads to Rebecca being seriously injured and Scott realising he has feelings for her. Ben plans to propose to Bron on a picnic he organised, but things do not turn out as expected. Mitch informs a patient's husband that he must choose between his wife and his unborn child. Luke is moved by a new and innovative way to treat a Parkinson's patient. Terri learns the truth about Malcolm's secret, leading them to make a life-changing decision.

Nelson Curtis, a nurse practitioner and Paula Morgan, a registered nurse are employed in two new permanent positions on the ward. Malcolm questions Von's competence as a nurse and whether or not she should be taking care of a patient with complications from a caesarean. On his way home, Mitch is witness to a terrible car crash. A delusional Rose contacts the Ward when Mitch fails to arrive home and alarms Terri, who must choose whether she wants to take the job at Stanford University. Terri finds Rose, unconscious with her life hanging in the balance.

It's business as usual, in Ward, as Bron heads off to help Lyle through his ""opening night"" nerves. But the best laid plans go horribly wrong when an earthquake set of events, including a train disaster in which one of the team from Ward 17 dies.

Terri breaks down and confesses her feelings to Mitch, Rebecca and Scott argue about how he performed on the job at the train disaster, but it rapidly turns into a passionate love scene. Jared discovers his love affair with Kylie could be on the rocks.

Terri discovers Bron isn't coping with the tragic loss of Lyle, and Nelson is harbouring a dark and personal secret that unexpectedly reveals itself.

When a patient in Jared's care leaps off the balancy of Ward 17, Jared feels enormous guilt and he knows he will most likely cop the blame. The shocked staff of Ward 17 needs a debriefing and Terri's management of the ward is also questioned.

Rumours circulate Ward 17 that Von is having an affair with one of her patients. Terri is placed in difficult position when Mitch admits Rose's mother, Victoria, with a suspected heart condition.

Rumours that Mitch and Terri are having an affair run wild throughout Ward 17 and, in order to protect Terri from the gossip, Mitch thinks about taking a post to another hospital.

Von and Mitch are shocked when their patient reveals his dying secret - he got terminal radiation posioning inside from All Saints hospital. Bron's emotional farewell end with Ben getting more than he bargained for.

Mitch and Rose must decide their future - stay together or divorce? Mitch tells Terri he has made the difficult decision on whether or not he'll divorce Rose.

Mitch and Rose finally decide whether to save their marriage or go seperate ways. Nelson nurses a formidable, fiercely intelligent ex Head Mistress, who gives him hell. Von and Luke treat an epileptic woman who refuses the drugs that will control her seizures.

Paula is assigned to keep a patient happy but is subjected to sexual harassment, and later accused of accepting money. Luke first day back in surgery nearly ends in disaster.

Rose makes a surprise visit to ward 17 to deliver a news bombshell to Terri. Terri and the team look on in horror and disbelief as Mitch hesitates to save his patient's life. Mitch is torn between his duty and his heart as his patient doesn't want to live. Mitch and Terri confront their conflicting notions of love, when an older couple decide to die together.

The rumour mill switches to overdrive when Jared catches Matt and Scott in bed together - but, through the day, Matt has a sad reunion with an ex-girlfriend, while Rebecca decides to save Scott's reputation.

When amnesia patient Ross awakes, he tells Paula he has just had a shocking recollection of what he did to his children. Jared and Kylie finally come to loggerheads over a melanoma patient when a very jealous Jared suspects Kylie and Luke are an item.

Mitch finds that he is up against formidable opposition, with his proposal to set up a herion detox centre and puts Terri offside with his desperate actions. Von makes an unusual discovery on a patient convinced he is 'hexed' by his ex-girlfriend.

Nelson calls a strike in Ward 17 which puts everyone under pressure; a pressure which eventually proves to be intolerable and results in a death, and the resignation of Jared. Mitch cops the wrath of a strung out Terri, who gives him an earful for abusing his staff, and Mitch attacks Paula, accussing her of jeopardising a patient's life.

Terri is forced to face her ultimate fear - losing her true love Mitch. When Mitch comes into contact with a possible Ebola Virus patient, he and another doctor quarantined along with the patient. Fearing for Mitch's life and unalbe to reach him, Terri becomes increasingly distracted from her work.

Lovemaking has occuppied Mitch & Terri's night, and Terri decides to call in sick. Meanwhile, Nelson, acting NUM in Terri's absence, and eager to perform well, urges the others to a team effort. Bron returns from England to bizarre welcome from Jared & Scott who fued over Jared's interference with Scott's study.

Luke finds out there's a new Coronial Inquiry into the death of Dawn (Ma) O'Connell, Luke knows more than he's prepared to admit and it could ruin him and his family forever. The presence of the Coroner's Investigating Officer, creates ripples in the ward as, one by one, the staff are interviewed. Jared is going for a job interview. Or is he?

Terri loses her respect for Luke when the coroner's inquest into Ma O'Connell's death. Bron feels preesured to confess to Ben during her time overseas she was unfaithful to him. Victoria arrives to tell Mitch that Rose has decided to fight for full custody.

Mitch and Terri part company for a while as the pressure over the custody battle for Lucy pushes them to the brink. After rescuing a young boy from a treacherous situation, Von realises that he has no idea how to play games or have fun and decides to teach him. Jared makes a surprise visit to Ward 17. Rebecca starts to question her career as an ambulance officer.

Bron's overseas affair with another man is coming back to haunt her. Paula's mother is in a car accident with Paula's son Max, and she has to face the fact that Max has problem. Rebecca's accidental overdose of Paula's mother pushes her to resign.

On the verge of opening his repid induction clinic, Mitch is visited by his cousin Paul. The visit gives Terri a new insight into the childhood episode that shaped Mitch's life - the death of his sister Lucy. Mitch has to deal with a very determined Rebecca who is desperate to join the detox clinic's staff.

Mitch's world is falling apart when Rose has delivered a news bombshell that baby Lucy is not his daughter. Terri seems distant, unsupportive and it looks like she's returning to the religious order. Luke's prowess as a physician and is put to the test when he has to find a medical solution for a Tourette's sufferer.

Mitch makes a decision to tack a NDA test and fight for custody for Lucy. It's also the first day for treatment in his new Detox Clinic. Von is attacked by Adam because of her interference with his horron addicted mum.

It's crunch time for Bron as she finally plans to tell her fiance', Ben, that she had an affair with another man. A dark shadow emerges over their marriage. Terri's wish for more romance in her relationship gives Mitch the cheeky idea to plan her a surprise romantic dinner - in her office.

Terri can't hide the news from Mitch any longer... she is pregnant and unsure of how Mitch is going to take the surprise. With only seven days until their wedding, Bron is desperate to repair her relationship but delivers an unexpected announcement. Nelson has hots for the new Ward 17 doctor Charlotte, and asks her out on a date which turns into a shocking revelation.

With Mitch's cousin Paul is confronted in pain of watching his lover, Hannah trapped in a nightmare of a permanent comatose state, he is determined to become her full time carer. But her parents have other ideas. Paula sees a glimmer of hope that Max's delinquent father Michael will become involved in his life after saving a little boy from a car fire.

Paula is forced to consider medicating her son Max to ease his behavioural problems, after he hijacks an ambulace. With their first baby on the way, Terri and Mitch decide it's time to move in together... and they soon find the perfect home.

Jared's personal crusade to save herion addicts living in the underground take a tragic turn when he loses one to an overdose. Kylie realises how empty her life outside work is when she treats a man completely at peace with the fact that he is dying of cancer.

Jared is ambushed and sexually assaulted. Terri knows the sex of the baby - and Mitch will bribe anyone to know too. Dr Warwick Ellies cuts himself during an operation an a transsexual patient and is convinced that he might have been exposed to HIV.

A young ballet dancer, divides the Ward when Paula wants to use restrains after she becomes violent, as a result of suffering withdrawals from pain killing medication. Nelson refuses to allow it whilst he is in charge and clashes with Paula. Von struggles to convince Adam that he needs to give his mother Gina another chance.

A visit from Terri's sister could have tragic consequences. Terri is rushed to hospital and everyony prays that the baby will be okay. Bron confronts Paula - accusing her of dating ex-fiance Ben.

Bron in a jealous rage, she decides to do something that will shock Ben and everyone else in Ward 17. Charlotte's patient want her to make a life or death decision on her behalf.

Another scare for Terri... will she and the baby be OK? A fire at the clinic puts Mitch's professional future in jeopardy. Bron scores an unexpected promotion that ruffles Nelson's feathers.

Jared is empowered when he realises he was not to blame for his own sexual assault. Bron finally believes she face her own attacker without felling a victim. Mitch, after desperately trying to keep his clinic afloat finally loses the battle and his power base. Ben is starting to feel trapped by Paula's interest in him.

Mitch finds out - the hard way - that getting drunk makes more problems, not solves them, when he is arrested for assault. Matt is accused of molestation, and sees it as a sign to leave the ward. Charlotte's broken heart is revealed when another doctor's husband is admitted to the ward.

Just when his mother looks like she has her life back in order, Adam Finch is found unconscious after a drug overdose, throwing Von into turmoil. Terri returns home to find Mitch in a state of disrepair and she sets about getting him back on the rails.

Rebecca and Scott get caught in the crossfire of a bikie war. Mitch charges to Terri's rescue, and is almost killed in the process. A woman with a long list of unrelated symptoms is ear bashing everybody, and Von finds the reason her young patient is withdrawn and self-mutilating is because he has a hearing problem.

Ben and Bron are taken hostage by a paranoid schizophrenic while his mother is admitted with mercury poisoning. When a sixty-five year old man has a massive stroke Luke sees an opportunity for a young woman to get the lung transplant she needs. But the man's wife resists turning off his life support. What is the hold her husband has on her and why does she insist on holding his body hostage? Mitch discovers that Rose is taking him for everything in the divorce settlement.

Terri's ethics are put on the line. Von fights to hold a family together. Ben's confused over his feelings for Bron and Paula's feeling the cold. When Ian Neal escapes custody it has tragic repercussions for Ben. Charlotte suggests a radical treatment.

Paula and Bron are both on hand when Ben returns to Ward 17, recovering from his stab wounds. Luke is disgusted when Craybrook reappears at All Saints as a teaching consultant. Nelson and Rebecca run a bed allocations scam to avoid chronic care patients. Jared and Kylie work together on her last day to solve a patient's kidney problems, and end up solving Jared's problem too. Scott's suspicions are confirmed about his new temporary partner.

Nelson is offered a promotion but the day doesn't turn out the way he'd hoped when a highly charged ethical dilemma presents itself. His day is further complicated by the demands of a mystery woman. Mitch is rattled when Rose makes a small but unexpected appearance, and is then confused by a puzzling case that Charlotte may hold the key to. Mitch becomes worried that he is no longer performing up to standard. Bron, who is made 2IC for the day, is trying to smooth the waters with Paula but only succeeds in making things worse - while Ben's slow recovery in ICU is frustrating Bron, who wants to work through their problems.

An elderly patient has some startling bad memories. Terri and Mitch struggle to come to terms with the reappearance of Rose. Ben has some tough explaining to do. Scott finds his problem with his new partner worsening. Nelson nurses a patient who brings up bad memories for him.

- Ben and Bron's wedding - Bron's estranged father arrives - Mitch's drinking - is it out of control? - Terri reliving her father's violence - An amorous nurse betrays Nelson's trust as does his wife Leanne. - Angus Drummond, the new intern, arrives

- Scott dives into a river to rescue a woman from her sinking car - Rebecca's 16 year old brother is admitted with appendicitis - Does Mitch really give a diabetes patient an overdose of heparin? - A squeaky wheelchair drives Nelson mad

- Paula finds out she is pregnant - Nelson is given another chance at promotion - An increasingly deaf Mitch has/had an argument with Rose and now he and Terri are at loggerheads over it.

Charlotte gains the trust of an elderly Polish man brought in and through a translator, discovers the horrific living conditions in the boarding house where he is staying.

Mitch, who is again drinking heavily, lashes out at Terri and hits her. The next morning he wakes up hungover to find that she has gone. Arriving at the hospital, wanting to set things right, Mitch discovers that Terri had never arrived. Panicked at the thought of losing her, he tries to track her down and finds her at her sister Margaret's house, where he lashes out again, this time at Margaret's husband. Now both Mitch and Terri know that something isn't right, so Mitch undergoes a CT scan. And the news isn't good.

Today is the day of Mitch's brain biopsy. A MS sufferer has reached the end of her road. A kid from a good school is found to be habitually sniffing paint thinners. Charlotte is faced with a terrible decision.

When Luke's father is admitted to hospital following a multiple vehicle accident but refuses to accept the diagnosis. On Ben's last day, he and Scott take different sides over conflicting accounts of the accident. Sinking into depression over his illness, Mitch returns to work and puts Terri in a difficult position. Angus is also depressed because his new Psych rotation is going badly. With her move to the country imminent, Bron urges Jared to apply for her job.

Bron hates good-byes but it's going to be hard to avoid them. All she wants is an easy last day at work but that doesn't seem likely with one of her patients having his arm amputated. Terri's left to wrestle with the implications after Mitch has a sperm sample frozen. Scott gets a new ambo partner.

Terri has a romantic surprise in store for Mitch… and it becomes a celebration of life with all the family of Ward 17. Rebecca nurses a man whose son has been lost in a boating accident and comforts his grieving wife as they hope for a miracle. Charlotte learns that love never dies. Scott helps Alex come to terms with the difference between city and country attitudes.

Mitch fights for his life on an operating table while the return of a patient has the staff of Ward 17 wondering where the justice is in the world.

Family and friends turn out in force to pay their last respects to their beloved colleague. New nurse Sterling 'Sterlo' McCormack starts on the ward and Nelson and Paula are intrigued when he does everything in his power to avoid Colin Blackburn.

Terri's not coping in the aftermath of Mitch's death. After an awkward start, Sterlo saves a patient and bonds with Charlotte in the process. Rebecca's guilt over sleeping with Jared is compounded when Scott supports her through a crisis with her brother. Reg gets a date with the florist of her dreams.

Terri's grief reaches a climax when she ends up in hospital suffering from pneumonia. A new doctor, Vincent Hughes, arrives in Emergency and causes a stir. Scott and Alex bring in a patient suffering puzzling symptoms. Scott acts as Alex's love adviser… with a result that isn't quite as he expects. Matt falls for an attractive patient, unaware of what is wrong with her. Von and Luke are both sitting exams, with wildly different outcomes.

Nelson is stunned when Terri calls to announce her resignation. Luke's confidence in getting the vacant VMO'S position is shattered by Dr Murphy. Jared puts Matt and Kirsten's blossoming romance to the test when he involves Matt in the care of Jenny Garfield, a cancer patient. Vincent struggles to get to the bottom of ovarian cyst patient Tina Blake's life-long halitosis problem. Terri is forced to confront her future when she learns the shocking truth about her neighbour Carmen's past. Regina's new flower arrangement puts Von and Sterling off-side and Sterlo decides it's got to go.

On Terri's first day back at work she clashes with doctor Vincent Hughes over a returned heart transplant patient who has a broken leg. Nelson and Von go out of their way to shield Terri from a brain tumour patient. Sterlo is accused of having an affair with the mother of one of the under Seven's footy players he coaches. There is tension between Scott and Rebecca as Jared interferes in their relationship. Leanne Curtis starts working at the hospital making life difficult for Nelson, and compromising Jared's attraction to her when it's revealed that she is his new counsellor.

Vincent's tragic past is revealed after a tough day looking after a TB patient from a government detention centre. Terri fights for Malcolm Pussle's reputation, against Vincent and the CEO, and finds herself unpopular on both fronts. When Tony Hunter is admitted to the ward after violently bashing his head, Ward 17 staff, along with social worker Leanne, must get to the bottom of his problems with his wife. Alex and Scott collect casualties from Chloe's salon... and she finally lets go. Luke wants to share his love of football with Max and Paula but things don't go as planned.

Paramedics Scott and Alex are called out to attend a serious car accident, but Scott becomes concerned when he discovers Rebecca's parents are among the injured. The accident victims are making all kinds of claims about who's at fault, but Scott soon realises that the one thing they have in common is blaming Rebecca's dad Lindsay Green for being out of control. Scott suspects he had been drinking alcohol before the accident. Arriving at All Saints, Rebecca rushes to her parents' side but becomes disturbed when her dad asks her to steal his blood sample and lose it instead of handing it over to the police. She can't decide whether to help her father and compromise her ethics, or stand by the rules of the job. Nelson's relationship with Leanne reaches a crisis point. When Colin finds out that Terri and Charlotte have broken hospital rules he is furious and threatens Terri with dismissal. Sterlo tries to hide a footy injury from everyone, but when Paula finds out she reconsiders her son's

A woman revisits a childhood nightmare after she is involved in a car accident with her son and she refuses to believe nursing staff that he has survived the crash. Terri's plans for her neighbour, Carmen, end in disaster when she is transferred into the Pysch Ward. A new nurse, Frances Regan, has come halfway round the world to work with her great mate, Bron, but her timing couldn't be worse.

At the All Saints Annual Charity Ball, hearts are won and lost and Terri discovers that she may have misjudged Vincent Hughes. In the ward, Von confronts an enemy and comes face-to-face with the tragic fate of a woman whose life she has saved.

Terri makes a serious mistake when she assumes she knows what her patient needs. Nelson and Jared disagree on how to best deal with a suicide attempt. Scott makes a decision on his future with Rebecca.

Everyone at the hospital is talking about the death of Rose Stevens, and what could have pushed her to take the final step. Terri Sullivan's relationship with Rose was always difficult, and now she finds herself battling it out with Rose's mother Victoria. The issue at hand is the welfare of Lucy, the daughter Rose had with Terri's late husband Mitch Stevens when he and Rose were married, who is now an orphan. Vincent once again sees the wrong side of Terri. Ward 17 is beset by in-fighting until Terri lays down the law. Scott is the victim of road rage, but he has to deal with his own anger too.

Terri's enjoyable week playing mum to Lucy, while Victoria is in hospital, comes to an abrupt end when she is questioned by the police. It seems that Terri was the last person to visit Rose around the time of her death. Evidence given to the police by Vincent and Victoria only serves to confirm Terri as a person of interest in the investigation.

Terri is charged with murder and Von tries desperately to raise the bail money. A glimmer of hope in proving her innocence comes from an unlikely source. Von nurses an aging dying nun who wants to make her final years more meaningful by leaving the order that wants to put her 'out to pasture'. Leanne, Jared and Rebecca are feeling trapped by their unhappy relationships at the hospital.

It's becoming obvious to Jared that Leanne's an alcoholic - her behaviour is getting worse - but what can he do about it? Treatment of a disturbed ex-navy man frustrates Vincent when the Navy won't take responsibility for his serious psychological problems. Still dealing with the pressures of Rose's death, Terri is offered extended leave by Joan.

Terri learns Vincent may be implicated in Rose's murder. Luke gets a promotion but falls out with Paula. Charlotte discovers all is not what it seems with a patient, while Rebecca and Jared have unconventional last days at the hospital.

The investigation into Rose Stevens' murder reaches a dramatic

conclusion. Extraordinary circumstances force Terri and Vincent to make a new beginning. A young, blind man fears that the operation to return his sight will fail.

Charlotte's professional standing is damaged when she turns up in emergency, apparently under the influence and behaving inappropriately. Paula and Luke reconcile after Max is hit by a car. Von realises that Nelson is secretly carrying a torch for Terri.

Von is dismayed when an autopsy reveals her possibly culpability in the death of a patient. Charlotte and Vincent, meanwhile, are confronting some personal and professional mistakes of their own. ---------- (extended summary) Von has been coming down to ICU to see Vera for the last few months. Along the way, she's picked up the added responsibility of supporting Vera's daughter, Madeleine. When Vera Fleming's life support is switched off, her daughter starts looking for someone to blame and Von becomes the target of a civil suit. She starts to wonder if it was a mistake to have tried to help Vera at the scene of the MVA.

Lesley Hall presents to Emergency with symptoms including chronic diarrhoea and dehydration after a full-on partying holiday in Europe and a long flight back from London. She's admitted to the ward for dehydration and proves to be something of a handful for both Sterlo and Charlotte because, although nil by mouth, she's a total caffeine addict and will pull any

Matt 'freaks out' when the body he's delivered to the morgue 'wakes up'. Charlotte puts her job on the line when she promises a daughter that her mother will live. Regina's birthday is ruined when Morris dumps her. Paula nurses a grown man who is terrified of the dark.

Terri is put in the middle when Von clashes with a visitor. Charlotte gets a black eye and shows a fiercely independent streak, in contrast to Vincent's care. Sterlo reveals a little about his family when stuck with an obnoxious patient. Scott and Alex discover the joys of golf.

Terri and Vincent forge a new understanding as they work together on the victim of a bombing while Paula finds herself struggling to nurse the man responsible. Charlotte and Von have their hands full when a practical joke goes badly wrong.

The husband of Charlotte's ex-lover, Liz, dies. Liz asks Charlotte to make out the death certificate. Charlotte's career is in jeopardy as it appears the death is not as straightforward as it seems. Sterlo bonds with a teenage patient who has doubts about his masculinity. A handsome Priest has an embarrassing encounter with Matt.

When Matt discovers a dumped baby, little does he realise that he might be accused of being the child's father. Matt's day goes from bad to worse when he learns that he and Kristen are expecting a baby which Kristen may decide not to keep. Terri faces an administrative crisis when a young athlete develops a multi-resistant strain of staph. Charlotte uncovers the mystery of the baby's father and faces the wrath of the new CEO when she takes matter into own hands.

Luke makes a life-or-death decision that results in a family tragedy. When patient Charlie Ellis returns to the ward, Nelson and Terri clash over his treatment. Regina, trying to help a patient, makes a near-fatal mistake.

When a bone marrow donor withdraws her consent, Terri and Charlotte battle to save her sister's life. Luke donates a kidney to his father, Sal. Alex is bitten by a deadly snake.

Von faces a personal crisis as the civil suit against her finally comes to trial. Paula and Luke have their own problems to face in dealing with Paula's mum and Max. While, on the ward, another parent/child relationship slides down a steep slope to disaster. None of this matters to Matt, who has a special surprise for Kirsten and their friends - a surprise involving sequins and celebration. Matt throws a surprise wedding, but it ends in disaster.

Tensions arise between Terri and Nelson over the discharge of a patient. Staff feel the strain of a system in overload.

Alex's new temporary ambo partner, Harri, catches Sterlo's eye as they try to help Troy Davies, a young man coming to terms with his girlfriend's amnesia after a fall from a cliff. Vincent comes into conflict with his senior, Mr Madsen, over his treatment of car bomb blast victim, Lauren Wellham, when she returns to All Saints. Paula is forced to confront Luke's involvement in Max's life when he ends up on the ward after school.

Special requests are being made of the doctors at All Saints, and their response will change lives and lead to explosive conflict on Ward 17. Charlotte's help and support for Sasha causes her trouble and heartache.

Charlotte comes home from nightshift to find that her ward, Sasha, has apparently been raped. Alex is finding Harri more and more intriguing as the day pans out. Paula has a decision to make when Michael, Max's father accompanies a burns patient on the ward. Sterlo finds out why a patient is acting so peculiarly.

Von and Nelson have to work out how they are going to live and work together. Charlotte deals with a relative who feels his father is being used as a medical ""guinea pig"". Alex has trouble dealing with Harri's increasingly inappropriate behaviour.

Charlotte suspects Greg, a PSA from the hospital, of being involved in an armed robbery. Von and Terri deal with a willful student nurse who challenges a traumatised patient. Nelson and Sterlo clash over Miranda, a sexy young patient who likes to get her own way.

This is the first half of the double episode finale.

Greg Roberts gives Charlotte a moral headache when he assaults a patient who has robbed the ward of pethidine. Paula bonds with a woman who is looking after a husband with dementia. Luke asks Paula to marry him and she has to break the news that she never got around to divorcing Max's father, Michael. Alan Marden, the hospital's financial controller, is admitted to the ward with hyperthermia and gets to see the results of his budget cuts up close. An obsessive gunman embarks on a shooting spree as he stalks Charlotte through the hospital. Terri breaks the rules to prevent her supervisor from dying. Regina and Morris' anniversary goes tragically wrong.

This is the second part of the double episode finale.

Greg Roberts gives Charlotte a moral headache when he assaults a patient who has robbed the ward of pethidine. Paula bonds with a woman who is looking after a husband with dementia. Luke asks Paula to marry him and she has to break the news that she never got around to divorcing Max's father, Michael. Alan Marden, the hospital's financial controller, is admitted to the ward with hyperthermia and gets to see the results of his budget cuts up close. An obsessive gunman embarks on a shooting spree as he stalks Charlotte through the hospital. Terri breaks the rules to prevent her supervisor from dying. Regina and Morris' anniversary goes tragically wrong.