A survivor's guide to the NHS.

Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby with John Cole, Polly Toynbee and Sara Barclay. Includes an interview with Mrs. Thatcher. The film reviews the early history of the NHS using archive film and photographs and raises questions concerning its current wellbeing which are debated by John Cole and Polly Toynbee. Contracts, Trust status, and G.P. fundholding are among the issues discussd together with an examination made against the government.