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    NHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It
    NHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It
    NHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It
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    NHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It

    By Raymond Tallis and Jacky Davis

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    An exposé of the back-door deals and negligence that threaten to destroy the NHS – and a 10-step manifesto for saving it

    The Coalition Government passed into law an unprecedented assault on the NHS. Doctors, unions, the media, even politicians who claimed to be stalwart defenders failed to protect it. Now the effect of those devastating reforms are beginning to be felt by patients – but we can still save our country’s most valued institution if we take lessons from this terrible betrayal and act on them.

    Contributors to this eye-opening dissection include Dr Jacky Davis, Oliver Huitson, Dr John Lister, Stewart Player, Prof. Allyson Pollock, David Price, Prof. Raymond Tallis, Dr Charled West and Dr David Wrigley.

    Proceeds from the profits of this book will go to Keep Our NHS Public (www.keepournhspublic.com).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOneworld Publications
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9781780743295
    NHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It
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    Raymond Tallis

    Raymond Tallis trained in medicine at Oxford University and at St Thomas’ Hospital London before becoming Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences for his research in clinical neuroscience and he has played a key role in developing guidelines for the care of stroke patients in the UK. From 2011–14 he was Chair of Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying. He retired from medicine in 2006 to become a full-time writer. His books have ranged across many subjects – from philosophical anthropology to literary and cultural criticism – but all are characterised by a fascination for the infinite complexity of human lives and the human condition. The Economist’s Intelligent Life magazine lists him as one of the world’s leading polymaths.

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      This book should be of general interest to anyone living in the UK. It shows how the British 'system' has bypassed democracy to enact the break up and privatisation of the National Health Service (NHS). It covers the passage of an act of parliament in 2012 that removes responsibility for the health of the nation from the government, devolving it to a complicated network quangos and private healthcare companies.The Act passed through parliament, despite not being part of the election manifestos of either the LibDems or the Conservatives, and despite the pre-election promise of David Cameron not to carry out a top-down reorganization of the NHS.The UK media, led by the BBC, failed to hold politicians to account and largely failed even to report protests and demonstrations by the general public.Despite the clear objections by the majority of professional organizations of doctors and others working in the service, the government persisted with claims that the Act would free doctors to provide the best care to patients.The book is a compilation of chapters written by experts, all with great knowledge of the NHS. There are full bibliographic references. One problem with the book is that it can be a bit repetative, as different authors cover the same material.In my opinion the best chapter is written by Charles West, who gives an insiders view of how the leadership of the LibDem party fought their own activists to get through the Act.The book ends with some practical suggestions for resisting the Act and possibly even amending it.

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