NHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It (Paperback)
  • NHS SOS: How the NHS Was Betrayed - and How We Can Save It (Paperback)
zoom

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

(author), (author)
1 Review Sign in to write a review
£8.99
Paperback 256 Pages
Published: 05/07/2013
  • In stock

Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

  • This item has been added to your basket

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).

Publisher: Oneworld Publications
ISBN: 9781780743288
Number of pages: 256
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

'Important and very timely... has the most extensive and specific 'What You Can Do' section I've ever seen... an essential weapon for activists'

* Peace News *

'Essential reading... These public intellectuals with expert knowledge spell out the systemic weakening by successive Conservative and New Labour governments, culminating in the coalition's demolition of its very foundations. They are very, very angry; we should be as well - and, what's more, protesting.'

* Times Higher Education Supplement, Books of the Year *

'When you turn round and notice that the NHS as you have known it no longer exists - its principles rewritten, its ownerships and services alienated - you might wonder exactly who did exactly what to this much-admired institution. NHS SOS presents the lethargy, dishonesty and corruption without which this executive coup would not have come about. It is a cogent, sobering and necessary read.'

-- Julian Barnes

'Across society, there is a realisation that the National Health Service is one of our greatest social achievements and that to keep it is an enormous political challenge. This book is a weapon in that struggle.'

-- Ken Loach

'Buy this book... act.'

-- Observer

'It is in NHS SOS that one finds the soul of a healthcare system that the public is not prepared to see destroyed.'

-- Prospect

'Courageous and persuasive... This book should be read by all those who love the NHS and wish to try at this late hour to protect it.'

-- The Lancet

You may also be interested in...

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Added to basket
The Fifth Branch
Added to basket
£34.95
Paperback
The Politics of Climate Change
Added to basket
The Fire Engine That Disappeared
Added to basket
Politics and Nuclear Power
Added to basket
The Irish War
Added to basket
£9.99
Paperback
The Map and the Territory 2.0
Added to basket
Social Policy
Added to basket
£44.99
Paperback
How Much is Enough?
Added to basket
Heat
Added to basket
£9.99
Paperback
Carbon Democracy
Added to basket
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Added to basket

“A much-needed book”

This is an excellent and important dissection of the undemocratic privatisation of the NHS, the failures that lead to it and what can be done to restore it.

The book covers the actions (or lack there of) of... More

Paperback edition
Helpful? Upvote 98

Please sign in to write a review

Your review has been submitted successfully.

env: aptum
branch: