The Nation's Health

Season 1

1983 · 4 episodes · 5h 33m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Acute

   6 Oct 1983 · 85 min

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

2. 2

   2. Decline

   13 Oct 1983 · 84 min

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

3. 3

   3. Chronic

   20 Oct 1983 · 81 min

   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. 4

   4. Collapse

   27 Oct 1983 · 83 min

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