Death in the Blood: the most shocking scandal in NHS history from - the journalist who has followed the story for over two decade

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Wheeler is political editor of The Sunday Times . As a lobby journalist she has an insider's knowledge of Westminster and Whitehall. Caroline has reported on the contaminated blood scandal for over 20 years and her work has been credited by politicians, including the former health secretary Andy Burnham, with helping to bring about the Infected Blood Inquiry. She was awarded Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2024 for her work on the infected blood scandal. Klappentext The definitive account of the NHS infected blood scandal from the political editor of The Sunday Times. Vorwort The definitive account of the NHS infected blood scandal from the political editor of The Sunday Times. Zusammenfassung 'This book should rock Whitehall to its foundations.' - Andy Burnham 'This is crusading journalism at its best.' - Lord Owen In the 1970s and 1980s almost 5,000 people in the UK contracted HIV or hepatitis C after being infected by contaminated NHS blood products, including the notorious Factor VIII, yet no organisation or individual has ever been held to account. So far, more than 2,800 are known to have died, while tens of thousands more lives have been destroyed in the families of those affected. Caroline Wheeler has been reporting on this scandal - the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS - for over two decades. She has been integral to the campaign for justice for the victims and their families, and played a pivotal role in persuading Prime Minister Theresa May to agree to the infected blood inquiry in 2019, the findings of which are expected to be published in late 2023. Death in the Blood will be based on thousands of government documents, court and inquiry transcripts, plus interviews with prime ministers, cabinet ministers, Downing Street advisers, senior civil servants, doctors, and above all the victims and their families whose personal testimony forms the beating heart of this book. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Caroline Wheeler
• Edition: Headline
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 25.05.2023
• EAN: 9781035405244
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3540524-4
• Pages: 400
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 38 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Essais, chroniques, critiques littéraires, entretiens; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Général; Prose: non-fiction, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Interviews, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), Biography and non-fiction prose, News media and journalism, Medical administration and management