Island Medics

Patients from Britain's most remote community – on Fair Isle, south of Shetland – wait for a break in the weather to make the trip for important operations.

Dental director Dr Brian Chittick operates on one of his own colleagues who has two troublesome wisdom teeth that need to be removed.

A group of off-duty junior doctors and medical students take a trip to the island of Fetlar. With almost perpetual daylight, they are looking forward to a midnight swim.

Jean, the community nurse on the little archipelago of Out Skerries, is out on her rounds seeing patients and delivering medicine as a one-woman health service.

Occupational therapist Marc Beswick returns to long-term patient Summer, a four-year-old with a condition that means it's hard for her to move her arms and legs.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. In this episode, the latest crop of junior doctors have to put all their training and experience to the test. Dr Sam Ma has a chest pain mystery to solve when a ship's electrician is flown to Shetland for emergency treatment - but is it a heart condition or something else? Dr Lalla mentors Dr Sam Potter as she diagnoses a Lerwick man's skin complaints. She needs a steady hand and lots of confidence as she prepares to use her scalpel. And off-duty, a group of junior doctors and medical students take a trip to the island of Fetlar. With almost perpetual daylight, the medics are looking forward to a midnight swim.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.

There are serious concerns for a baby boy who arrives in A&E feeling very unwell