Synopsis:

Kay Mander's film is a dramatised account of the the government subsidised Highland and Islands Medical Service, which was increased by the 'air ambulance', and whose medical facilities improved after the 1912 Dewar Committee. Filmed on the islands of Lewis, Harris and North Uist, and at Ullapool, Inverness, Dingwall, professional actors and local people are used, and Mander successfully combines documentary and drama to promote the socialist ideal of a nationalised health service. She herself takes a cameo role as the bicycling district nurse.