The junior doctors are learning to deal with challenging patients and situations. On A&E, Amieth deals with a barmaid who has come in with a receipt spike through her hand, while on the surgery ward Andy has to convince a patient to stop eating before an operation.

The hospital has decreed that all junior doctors wear white coats so that patients can identify them, but not everyone is happy with the new look. Lucy struggles to keep up with the demanding workload on the nightshift.

The novelty of starting work is wearing thin for some of the junior doctors as they struggle to get a foot up the career ladder. Everyone is learning that there's a price to pay for success as social plans are scuppered.