Description: The film shows the changes that have taken place since Middlesex County Council has taken over the management of hospitals in the North East and North West Metropolitan areas of London after the Hospital Act of 1948. Hospitals shown include Edmonton Hospital (now North Middlesec University Hospital), Redhill County Hospital (now known as East Surrey Hospital) and the Harefield Sanatorium (now part of the Royal Brompton and Harefield Trust. Services offered by the Hospitals and Sanatoria are shown including the workshops that help rehabilitation and spur on the recuperation process.The many different levels of wards and staff that keep these institutions running are shown including nurses, ward orderlies and cleaning staff. A nurse gives a short speech about trying to recruit more nurses to the service which is very understaffed.