Peak Practice

- Season 6

(1998)

There is panic and angry recrimination in Cardale over a case of meningitis. The race is then on for the Beeches to convince the authorities to inoculate the village before further tragedy strikes.

Dawn's outlook on life is suddenly changed when she finds a lump on her breast. While terrified she will die from the same disease that took her mother, Dawn refuses to have any medical treatment.

The stability of Claire's mental state is in jeopardy when her tablets start providing her with side effects, but tests reveal that it's not the tablets for her illness that are making her sick.

Andrew is avoiding calls from his family in Liverpool. When he finally gives into Erica's demands and calls them, he receives some news that draws him back to his roots.

Andrew arrives back in Liverpool and is meeting fierce objection from his mother over his treatment of her. Erica is involved in a highly sensitive child abuse case that splits Cardale in half.

Locum Nick Goodson is left in charge when an apprehensive Erica visits Andrew in Liverpool - but is he too good to be true? Meanwhile, Alice North, facing a life changing decision, forms an unlikely alliance with an old enemy.

Andrew, having fled from Liverpool, proposes to Erica. He is stretched to the limit by two cases. Meanwhile, Nick's scheming continues and Clare's state of mind begins to worry David.

A tough decision awaits Andrew when his terminally ill mother asks him to help her die with dignity. Meanwhile, Dr Nick's scheming past catches up with him when he is drawn into a fake prescription scam, and the wife he has claimed is dead turns up in Cardale.

A series of dramatic and disturbing events are sparked off through a chance meeting between David and his old girlfriend Anna Bradshaw.

Several ex employees of a manufacturing company start getting sick and dying. They find a common thread in asbestos.

Andrew and Clare suffer the life threatening consequences of a young girl's decision to seek refuge at her family's farm.

A woman discovers that her decision to have a surrogate child for her sister has far-reaching consequences.

As Erica gets ready for her hen night, Rob McBride's past threatens to crush his future.

Cardale prepares for the wedding of Andrew and Erica, and a long line of disasters provides them with the perfect pre-wedding initiation test. Meanwhile, last-minute doubts loom over the bride.