Forty-year-old Tania is rushed to St George's with life-threatening injuries, having been knocked over while crossing a road, while semi-professional footballer Lilli arrives in A&E after being elbowed in the face during a match. Seventy-seven-year-old Edwin is rushed to resus bleeding from a tumour on his neck, and as the medical team examines the wound, his partner Jeanette explains how their romance blossomed in later life. When a maxillofacial specialist arrives to plan the next stage of Edwin's treatment, it forces his family to confront the very painful truth