Kitty and her brother had to leave home when their father told them he was about to marry again and she found a new life in a small flat. Before long, however, Kitty's well-paid secretarial job is lost when the firm goes into receivership. Having struck up a friendship with Patricia Mason, a physiotherapist who lives next door, Kitty is offered a job at the hospital, as a counter hand in the doctor's cafeteria. After meeting Doctor Gregory, Kitty finds her life changes considerably, and she is not at all sure that it is for the better...