<Ul> <Li> Dorothy Atkinson as Jane Sutton (Series 2) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Dorothy Atkinson as Jane Sutton (Series 2) </Li> <P> Jane is the medical orderly at Nonnatus House . She arrives to fill in for Chummy while she's in Africa . Jane is very shy and does not talk unless it is necessary . We later find out the reason for her being shy--her parents sent her to an asylum when she was young, leaving her with no self - esteem . Throughout the series, she grows in confidence and makes friends with her fellow nurses . She also finds love with Reverend Applebee - Thornton (Jason Watkins), a local Anglican priest . She does not return for Series 3, with a deleted scene from the 2013 Christmas special explaining that she has gone to nursing school . </P> <Ul> <Li> Leo Staar as Alec Jesmond (Series 2--3) </Li> </Ul>

What happened to nurse jane on call the midwife