{"product_id":"nhs-under-siege-9780850367775","title":"NHS under siege","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1:  1. \tHow did we get to this? The state of our NHS after a decade of decline;  2.\tThe Decade of 'austerity', 2010-2019;  3. \tAusterity and the staffing crisis in health and care, 2010-2019;  4. \t2020 - Covid crisis worsens an already bad situation;  5: \t2021 - Post-Covid crisis: NHS rolling backwards on non-Covid treatment;  6: \t2021 - onwards: no end to starvation of resources Inadequate spending review;  7: \tThe growing costs of privatisation;  8: Repairing the damage and restoring the NHS.   Part 2:  Short expert contributions on key issues:  David Wrigley, Deputy Chair British Medical Association, on primary care;  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;  Michael Mansfield, barrister QC, on holding the government to account;  Martin McKee, Prof. European Public Health, London School of Hygiene \u0026amp; Tropical Medicine, on public health;  Sara Gorton, Head of Health UNISON, Privatisation, on pay and conditions of NHS staff; Colenzo Jarret-Thorpe, National Officer Unite, the Health \u0026amp; Care Bill, on ambulance and other staff; Rehana Azam, National Secretary Public Services GMB, on the Covid enquiry and outsourced staff; Roy Lilley, health policy analyst, on management views;  Roger Kline, Research fellow at Middlesex University, on equalities and BAME;  Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary, National Education Union, on Covid, education and schools;  Sir Michael Marmot, Prof. of Epidemiology \u0026amp; Public Health, University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, on health inequality.  About the Authors:   Dr John Lister has been a health journalist for 38 years, Editor of Health Campaigns Together and The Lowdown, a founder member of Keep Our NHS Public, a public speaker, and the author of books on the NHS and global health policy;   Dr Jacky Davis is a consultant radiologist in north London. She is a founder member of the Keep Our NHS Public campaign, a member of the BMA UK Council and recently sat on the panel of the People's Covid Inquiry. She is co-author of NHS SOS and NHS For Sale.","brand":"The Merlin Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884745601367,"sku":"9780850367775","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780850367775.jpg?v=1722533279","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nhs-under-siege-9780850367775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}