All Saints

The first episode of All Saints leaves us in no doubt that the nursing staff of Ward 17 will do anything to help their patients, even if it means putting their jobs on the line.

Harry Williams is admitted with a mild cardiac condition. Terri is concerned as she feels he will not get the care he requires in her general ward and in particular the single room.

On the mean streets of Penrith, Ben saves the life of stab victim and drug dealer Mario Constantine.

Arnie Walker, a muscular young man in his early twenties, is admitted to the ward after being thrown from his motorbike in a traffic accident.

A handsome young semi-professional footballer Greg has had a testicle removed by orchidectomy.

Emily Watson and her brother Robbie are admitted for a kidney transplant.

Von has to face some disturbing memories, when an old friend she hasn't seen since they served together in Vietnam is admitted to the ward before an operation.

A self-centred, opinionated blind woman, Barbara Phillips, whom everyone is keen to avoid, is in the ward while a skin graft to her burnt arm heals, and absolutely nothing is to her satisfaction.

Bron's favourite patient Bob Parkin is back in the ward with pneumonia.

When a young boy suffers a minor head injury, a mass shows up on the CAT scan indicating he may have a brain tumour.

Luke is cramming hard for an important operation, courting the approval of the VMO, Alan Fitzer.

Hearts are at stake. Connor's isn't exactly broken, but it's badly bruised when he realises that Bron and Luke are sleeping together.

Connor is horrified to learn his rugby league hero, Gary Headley, has been admitted to hospital, believing that he must have sustained a sporting injury.

Connor is cock-a-hoop when Terri confirms that he is to be Team Leader for the day.

Ward 17 is turned upside-down by the arrival of the vociferous and commanding Ma O'Connell.

The day starts chaotically, with the news that two high-dependency bypass patients are on their way up from ICU.

A young girl is admitted to Ward 17 after being brought in by Ben earlier that day.

The staff are excited when a patient, Laura, is scheduled for a cochlear implant to restore her hearing which was lost five years ago due to an auto immune disease.

As the ward prepares for another night shift, Carlos de Sousa is admitted from ICU.

Luke has been working for the past week with a visiting surgical consultant, Francesca Norman, and really enjoying it.

The 1998 season finale is packed with emotion when Ward 17 celebrates Christmas.