Our NHS : a history of Britain's best loved institution
Seaton, Andrew2024
Book
In 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.
Main title:
Our NHS : a history of Britain's best loved institution / Andrew Seaton.
Author:
Seaton, Andrew, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2024.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300276527 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.10941362.10941 SEA
Language:
English
BRN:
3874624