Publisher's Synopsis
Our National Health Service (NHS), once revered around the world as a model healthcare system being "free" irrespective of income, is in crisis.
The present day reality of long waits in A&E, corridor medicine, managerial bullying culture, low pay and staff shortages are leading to poor patient safety and an intolerable working environment. Record numbers of trained healthcare staff are leaving the NHS. How did this happen ? What can be done to save our NHS? This unique memoir provides some answers by exploring today's deep rooted discontent within the medical profession through the eyes of Dr Harry Stone a NHS consultant for over 20 years. He experiences a road traffic accident and is admitted to the hospital where he works as a consultant. While grappling to fill his cardboard urine bottle he recalls his training as a junior doctor through to consultancy (1986-1998) and compares it with today's training and patient experience. He exposes the true underbelly of NHS care including the good, the bad and the ugly, past and present. Time is short, and the stakes are high, if NHS Titanic is to avoid colliding with iceberg of irreparable poor patient care and health outcomes for generations to come. This book includes a useful synopsis of medical practice over at the ages.It also includes the author's water colour paintings and photographs to accompany the story. The memoir will be of interest to all staff working in the NHS and all of us who have had or will need NHS care at some stage of our lives.
