Our NHS - A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution

"Sharp and compelling"-Sarah Neville, Financial Times"Insightful"-Rafael Behr, The GuardianAn engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival-and the people who have kept it runningIn recent decades, a wave of appreciation for the NHS has swept across the UK. Britons have clapped for frontline workers and championed the service as a distinctive national achievement. All this has happened in the face of ideological opposition, marketization, and workforce crises. But how did the NHS become what it is today?In this wide-ranging history, Andrew Seaton examines the full story of the NHS. He traces how the service has changed and adapted, bringing together the experiences of patients, staff from Britain and abroad, and the service's wider supporters and opponents. He explains not only why it survived the neoliberalism of the late twentieth century but also how it became a key marker of national identity. Seaton emphasizes the resilience of the NHS-perpetually "in crisis" and yet perennially enduring-as well as the political values it embodies and the work of those who have tirelessly kept it afloat.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Seaton
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9780300276527
• ISBN: 978-0-300-27652-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, 20th Century, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Society & culture: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Medicine, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public health & preventive medicine, Society and culture: general, Central / national / federal government policies, Health systems & services, Public health and preventive medicine, Health systems and services, Central government policies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care