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The NHS is beset by paradoxes: apparently massive investment in the NHS yet Trusts that have huge deficits; real movement on staff salaries, yet low morale; falling waiting lists and record activity levels, yet rising public expectations. One could go on. What is clear is that a consensus is needed as to what the NHS should be: this book is designed to stimulate that debate in the widest possible public arena. Dr Tempest has brought together the views of a huge range of leading names in politics, medicine and management, and ensured that their contributions are accessible to all. Whether the reader is an interested layman, or a professional involved in or working with the NHS, this book will be a "must-read". This book is useful for the general public, public and professional libraries, politics, professionals, the NHS and Private Sector, NHS suppliers.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a truly excellent book and Dr Tempest deserves many congratulations for bringing together such an eminent group of health professionals and politicians into one volume. The book is very readable for a lay person and sets out numerous useful suggestions for improvement as well as providing a clear guide to the issues which the institution currently faces. I highly recommend the book not just for those who workn in the NHS but also for members of the public more generally.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a hopeless book. It is just a miscellaneous collection of articles, mostly mediocre.
A major part of the problem is that there are simply too many articles. Leaving aside the introduction by Michelle Tempest, which is mainly hype ("it is a rare privilege to be able to discuss a topic that is literally a matter of life and death"), there are 34 articles in about 320 pages, including a fair amount of blank space. Authors simply do not have space to develop ideas.
The editor seems to have confined herself to cajoling a collection of people, each well-known in their field, to write the articles. There is no common theme, no connection between the articles. Sometimes different authors have wildly different ideas, but there is no confrontation between them and the ideas are not sufficiently developed to make any kind of judgment easy for the reader.
The only possible use I can see for it is to refer to it in a library if you happen to want to know what a consultant opthalmic surgeon thought about the issues facing opthalmology in 2005 (for example).
A major part of the problem is that there are simply too many articles. Leaving aside the introduction by Michelle Tempest, which is mainly hype ("it is a rare privilege to be able to discuss a topic that is literally a matter of life and death"), there are 34 articles in about 320 pages, including a fair amount of blank space. Authors simply do not have space to develop ideas.
The editor seems to have confined herself to cajoling a collection of people, each well-known in their field, to write the articles. There is no common theme, no connection between the articles. Sometimes different authors have wildly different ideas, but there is no confrontation between them and the ideas are not sufficiently developed to make any kind of judgment easy for the reader.
The only possible use I can see for it is to refer to it in a library if you happen to want to know what a consultant opthalmic surgeon thought about the issues facing opthalmology in 2005 (for example).
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a truly excellent book and Dr Tempest deserves many congratulations for bringing together such an eminent group of health professionals and politicians into one volume. The book is very readable for a lay person and sets out numerous useful suggestions for improvement as well as providing a clear guide to the issues which the institution currently faces. I highly recommend the book not just for those who workn in the NHS but also for members of the public more generally.
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Dr Michelle Tempest has edited an excellent book, with contributions from most heads of Royal Colleges (medical speciality organisations), government and opposition politicians,... Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2006 by Dr. Victor Chua
Really enjoyable and interesting read
I am a nurse and I found the book so interesting and enjoyable. We hear so much on the TV about the NHS and most of it is confusing even for those of us who work in it. Read more
Published on 19 July 2006 by Charlie Sullivan
Really enjoyable and interesting read.
I am a nurse and I found the book so interesting and enjoyable. We hear so much on the TV about the NHS and most of it is confusing even for those of us who work in it. Read more
Published on 19 July 2006 by Charlie Sullivan
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