United Kingdom, 1960s. A group of doctors and nurses are all working in a London hospital's busy gynecology ward. In a world where everything and everyone has its own place and task and in a time when abortion is illegal and the contraceptive pill is only available to married women, one has to survive. But just beneath the glossy layer of varnish steams a cauldron of lies, deceit and secrets, driven by ambition, love and sex.