Season 1

1. Acute

1983-10-06 · 85m

Jessie finds herself the object of surprise when she applies for a surgical position at St Clair’s hospital

2. Decline

1983-10-13 · 84m

We are shown something of the relationship between private health care and the NHS, and between the NHS and pharmaceutical companies.

3. Chronic

1983-10-20 · 81m

The third episode focuses on the closure of Nightingale block, which will save the health authority £560,000 (one-twentieth of the hospital’s expenditure) at the expense of 120 beds.

4. Collapse

1983-10-27 · 83m

The fourth episode confronts the issue of the treatment of mentally ill patients and is perhaps the most overtly troubling.