Dom’s mum Carole is admitted with a burnt arm, but is she hiding a more serious ailment? Kylie blurts out Ange’s secret to Josh, and Max tries to rally the troops after the disastrous CQC findings. To add to her woes, Sahira’s son turns up drunk, wounded and hiding a dark secret.

Dom is shocked when he discovers Carole’s secret, Hanssen is torn as to how to handle Abs’s secret, and can Josh prove to Ange that he’s up to the role of being a father?

A young cancer patient returns to go under the knife on AAU, Amelia struggles to cope with yet another devastating setback, and Kylie makes a mortifying Secret Santa faux pas.

Facing a visit from the regulatory body, Jac hopes a complex operation will show Holby at its best. During a surprise inspection, a patient comes into AAU with a suspicious motorbike injury. And can Hanssen and Russ persuade a reluctant patient to accept a lifesaving liver transplant?