Dylan helps out paramedics, Jeff and Dixie Dixon (Jane Hazlegrove) voluntarily. In series 26 episode 6, Zoe receives an unexpected promotion from Nick. Her relationship with Dylan hits the rocks when she discovers he has a past with new doctor, Sam Nicholls (Charlotte Salt), but Dylan and Sam deny this. Zoe and Dylan are left trapped in resus when the hospital is set alight by a huge fire. They are saved by fire crew and both make a full recovery, but the relationship is once again left hit when it is revealed that Sam and Dylan are married. While on a night out with staff nurse, Linda Andrews (Christine Tremarco), Zoe discovers a desperate teenage in need of some serious medical attention, causing their night to be cut short. Zoe later helps Linda again when she tries making her niece, Britney (Devon Beigan) see that living with Linda, while her mother, Denise Andrews (Kate McEvoy) is imprisoned, won't be bad. Sam is later delivered some bad news by Zoe as she tells Sam that she has been called to testify against her in her upcoming court case, but when the court day arrives, Zoe tells the court some serious information that changes everything. Zoe later helps Sam when she realizes that Sam actually wants to divorce Dylan and Zoe persuades her to send the papers to Dylan. When Nick's girlfriend, DCI Yvonne Rippon (Rachel Shelley) was stabbed during the Holby Riots, Nick took extended leave to look after her and Director of Surgery, Henrik Hanssen (Guy Henry) promoted Zoe to acting clinical lead. Zoe is left disappointed when Dylan decides to leave Holby after realizing that he hasn't got over Sam and never will. Zoe continues her role as acting clinical lead for nineteen weeks, until Nick returns to work. Zoe then begins to worry about Nick's mental stability as he becomes more and more determined to save Yvonne from dying. Zoe and ITU consultant, Dr Earl advises Nick to turn off Yvonne's life support machine, but he refuses. However, when Nick helps treat a patient who wants to end her life suffering, it makes him see sense and with Zoe's help, he turns off her machine. Nick decides to return to work full-time, but after treating the person who is believed to be Yvonne's murderer and then treating the real murderer, Nick decides he is going to leave Holby