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So you think the NHS is going downhill?
The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back from SetbacksThe Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back from Setbacks by Al Siebert
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you'll need this either to survive as a staff member or a patient in the new NHS
Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and Its DiscontentsHippocratic Oaths: Medicine and Its Discontents by Raymond Tallis
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Raymond Tallis retains his grasp of the vernacular.
Managing Not to Manage: Management in the NHSManaging Not to Manage: Management in the NHS by Harriet Sergeant
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"It is always important to appear to be doing something....even if that something is in fact nothing" Much nothing about nothing discovered by Harriet Sergeant
Resuscitating the NHS: A Consultant's ViewResuscitating the NHS: A Consultant's View by Maurice Slevin
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How the NHS could be run to benefit of patients
Tony Copperfield's Primary Care ScreamTony Copperfield's Primary Care Scream by Tony Copperfield
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Tony Copperfield tells it as it is. He is a hero for GPs
The Paradox of ProgressThe Paradox of Progress by James Willis
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Wisdom from James Willis
Friends in Low PlacesFriends in Low Places by James Willis
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More wisdom from James Willis
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: Medical History of HumanityThe Greatest Benefit to Mankind: Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter
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A stupendous tome from Roy Porter. Is medicine the greatest benefit to mankind?
Why the New NHS Will Fail and What Should Replace itWhy the New NHS Will Fail and What Should Replace it by Roger Dyson
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Does what it says in the title
NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health CareNHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care by Allyson M Pollock
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Describes exactly how the NHS is being broken up and sold off
Plundering the Public SectorPlundering the Public Sector by David Craig
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And this one describes where the NHS billions have gone
The Welfare State We're InThe Welfare State We're In by James Bartholomew
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Explains why the Welfare State rarely achieves its goals, no matter how noble they may be.
The Tyranny of Health: Doctors and the Regulation of LifestyleThe Tyranny of Health: Doctors and the Regulation of Lifestyle by Michael Fitzpatrick
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Michael Fitzpatrick's blast against the forces of "coercive healthism"
NICE, CHI and the NHS Reforms: Enabling Excellence or Imposing Control (UK key advances in clinical practice)NICE, CHI and the NHS Reforms: Enabling Excellence or Imposing Control (UK key advances in clinical practice) by Andrew Miles
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A spledidly sceptical look at who the NHS reforms will be good for.
Trust Me (I'm a Doctor): An Insider's Guide to Getting the Most Out of the Health ServiceTrust Me (I'm a Doctor): An Insider's Guide to Getting the Most Out of the Health Service by Dr. Phil Hammond
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Phil Hammond and the question of trust
Thinking About PatientsThinking About Patients by David Misselbrook
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If we had more thinking like this we would achieve a better service
The Political Economy of Health Care: A Clinical Perspective (Health & Society)The Political Economy of Health Care: A Clinical Perspective (Health & Society) by Julian Tudor Hart
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A superb description nof current health policy and why it is misguided
Betraying the NHS: Health AbandonedBetraying the NHS: Health Abandoned by Michael Mandelstam
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Describes the on the ground effects of current NHS policies. "We declare this hospital closed" sums it up
Who Cares?: One Family's Shocking Story of Care in Today's NHSWho Cares?: One Family's Shocking Story of Care in Today's NHS by Amanda Steane
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This books confirms the decline of NHS care standards
Putting Patients Last: How the NHS Keeps the Ten Commandments of Business FailurePutting Patients Last: How the NHS Keeps the Ten Commandments of Business Failure by Peter Davies
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James Gubb and I describe how the NHS puts the patient last