The NHS is in crisis. The past 10 years of Tory real-terms cuts in
funding has been disastrous. This book looks at the threat to the
NHS posed by the combination of two years of a global pandemic with
the relentless policies pursued by Tory-led governments since 2010.
With contributions by 13 experts on different aspects of the
crisis: Lobby Akkinnola, Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
Rehana Azam, National Secretary, Public Services GMB union; Kevin
Courtney, Joint General Secretary, National Education Union, on
Covid, education and schools; Sara Gorton, Head of Health UNISON,
on pay and conditions of NHS staff; Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe,
National Officer Unite, the Health & Care Bill, on ambulance
and other staff; Roger Kline, Research fellow at Middlesex
University, on equalities and BAME; Roy Lilley, health policy
analyst, on management views; Michael Mansfield, barrister QC, on
holding the government to account; Sir Michael Marmot, Prof. of
Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London,
Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, on health
inequality. Martin McKee, Prof. European Public Health, London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, on public health; Neena
Modi, Prof. Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College, on child and
adolescent health, including mental health; Jan Shortt, General
Secretary of the National Pensioners Convention, on care for the
elderly; David Wrigley, Deputy Chair British Medical Association,
on primary care; ... a superb reply to what is happening with our
beloved NHS. We need it to help us in our struggles to push back
against those who are snatching it away from us. All struggles need
resolve, solidarity and hope, but they also need information. -
From the foreword by Michael Rosen
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