Connie Beauchamp has a fight on her hands this week, when she discovers that new Director of Surgery Henrik Hanssen has a surprising name at the top of redundancy list – Elliot Hope. Can Connie save her closest colleague Elliot from being a victim of Hanssen’s brutal cost-cutting measures? Knowing that Hanssen means business, Connie battles to force an unwitting Elliot into bucking up his act. But circumstances conspire against Elliot when he makes a decision to delay informing a patient their daughter has died, until after she has undergone a tricky operation. Though his decision is, in Elliot’s opinion, for the best in the long-term, when Connie discovers his actions, she’s angry with him for jeopardising his job, if Hanssen were to find out the truth. As a divide widens between Connie and Elliot during their day’s work, Henrik continues to stalk the corridors of Holby and grows further unimpressed by Elliot after he witnesses a row between the pair following an operation. Finally, when a despondent Connie is cornered by Henrik, he asks her to confirm whether Elliot withheld a patient’s death from her mother. Will Henrik give Elliot his marching orders? Also this week: Jac proves she's still got a lot to learn when she makes a botched effort at leading a consultant's meeting; Frieda is caught sleeping on the job.
