Getting On: Season 1

Sister Den Flixter,Nurse Kim Wilde and Dr. Pippa Moore work on a geriatric ward,where most of the patients go out feet first,such as Lily who dies on her eighty-seventh birthday - which allows the staff to eat her cake. A Pakistani patient who cannot speak English causes a problem,as does faeces left on a chair. New - male - matron Hilary Loftus,to whom Den has unburdened herself about her failed marriage to a fraudster,tells Kim to flush it away,which she does. Pippa is not happy as she wanted it for her research on stool samples.

Whilst an interpreter is found for the Bengali lady and Pippa finds her lost stool samples,an aggressive,foul-mouthed patient called Ivy causes trouble,stealing from another woman and,when confronted,breaking a bottle and threatening to glass the staff. She is transferred to the psychiatric ward but Hilary is traumatised by events. However he agrees to a date with Den with whom he is starting to bond.

The legacy of the Ivy fight has left a problem, with Hilary accusing Kim of making an inappropriate remark during the fight and insisting on disciplinary action. Kim has called in her union rep to defend her, but the meeting does little to sort out the mess. In revenge, Hilary demands the ward be shut down for a deep cleaning, forcing extra work on the staff. Pippa leaves for a health conference abroad, with her stool sample research complete.