Joe Tate’s (Ned Porteous) kidney transplant has been a success in Emmerdale.

We learnt about the character’s health problems a few weeks ago, when he told Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) that he lives with AAT deficiency and as a result, has developed chronic kidney disease.

He attempted to get a kidney from his brother Noah Dingle (Jack Downham) but he wasn’t a match. Joe then turned his attention to his uncle Caleb Miligan (William Ash), who had a successful blood connection to him.

Caleb was stabbed and taken to Doctor Crowley (James Hillier), who then stabilised him and performed the organ donation afterwards.

As part of the illegal and unethical plan, Joe and Crowley reached an agreement of what would happen once it had been completed.

Here’s everything you need to know about that, including whether we’ll see Joe Tate again.

Is Joe Tate leaving Emmerdale?

Yes, Joe Tate is set to leave Emmerdale now his transplant has happened.

Crowley and Joe agreed that once the transplant had taken place, they would both disappear from the village.

Because Caleb has seen an unwell Joe in the Dales, there was always going to be a chance he got suspicious seeing Joe looking remarkably healthier in a matter of days.

In tonight’s episode, which is now available to view on ITVX, we see Joe leave the hospital for Dubai after saying goodbye to Crowley.

Will he ever come back?

Emmerdale has previously confirmed to us that because Joe Tate is a villainous character, there will come a time he ‘faces his comeuppance’.

They told us: ‘Sometimes our characters go rogue acting out of desperation or whilst under pressure. Joe Tate’s desperate actions are not being held up as an example and as with any soap villain he will ultimately get his comeuppance.’

Joe was certainly hesitant about leaving, given his developing connection with Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley).

The two characters were having an affair, and revealed a few days ago that they had fallen in love with each other.

It took Joe by surprise, but could he come back for Dawn, ahead of his downfall?