The Nation's Health - Season 1
1 - Acute
Air Date: October 6, 1983
Jessie finds herself the object of surprise when she applies for a surgical position at St Clair’s hospital
2 - Decline
Air Date: October 13, 1983
We are shown something of the relationship between private health care and the NHS, and between the NHS and pharmaceutical companies.
3 - Chronic
Air Date: October 20, 1983
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
Air Date: October 27, 1983
The fourth episode confronts the issue of the treatment of mentally ill patients and is perhaps the most overtly troubling.