"The Compassionate Society" is the eighth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 23 February 1981. In this episode, the final "Yes Minister" is uttered by Bernard Woolley.

Jim Hacker is en route to work in his ministerial car. His driver, George, turns the radio on: Yesterday in Parliament is being broadcast. Hacker listens to himself being given a rough time in the House of Commons over his alleged streamlining of National Health Service bureaucracy. An MP is suggesting that the Minister has been making some creative adjustments to arrive at the reported savings. Hacker denies this and promises an independent inquiry. After the programme, George tells Hacker about St Edward's Hospital. He has heard from the Health Secretary's driver that this is a newly opened facility with 500 administrators and no patients.

At the DAA, Hacker is furious with his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby. He insists that Sir Humphrey should not have been "juggling with the figures". In reply, the mandarin states that all the Minister requested was a reduction in them — so they were reduced. He in turn chastises the Minister for conceding a full independent inquiry. Despondent, Hacker asks Sir Humphrey if there is any way that the inquiry could be rigged. He is told that this is possible, providing that the chairman is "sound", and he suggests for the position a retired civil servant who is hoping for a peerage. As Sir Humphrey leaves, the Minister's Principal Private Secretary, Bernard Woolley arrives. First he has news for Hacker regarding some Cuban political refugees who have been refused entry to the United Kingdom. Hacker bluntly responds that the government simply cannot afford them. Bernard then reports on St Edward's Hospital. It was apparently constructed at a time of government cutbacks and consequently, once it had been fully staffed with administrators and ancillary workers, there was no money available for medical services. Hacker decides to take a look at it before the press do.

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