1. Acute

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. 6 October 1983. 85 min

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

2. Decline

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. 13 October 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. Chronic

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. 20 October 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. Collapse

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. 27 October 1983. 83 min

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