Aired: 10/6/1983
Jessie finds herself the object of surprise when she applies for a surgical position at St Clair’s hospital
Aired: 10/13/1983
We are shown something of the relationship between private health care and the NHS, and between the NHS and pharmaceutical companies.
Aired: 10/20/1983
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.
Aired: 10/27/1983
The fourth episode confronts the issue of the treatment of mentally ill patients and is perhaps the most overtly troubling.