Sir David Haslam is former chair of NICE, a former president of the Royal College of GPs and a former president of the British Medical Association. He practised as a General Practitioner in Cambridgeshire for over 35 years, has written over 2000 articles and papers for the medical and lay press and has been invited to speak at conferences in 33 different countries. In 2014 he was named by Debretts and the Sunday Times as one of the 500 most influential and inspirational people in the United Kingdom.
A superb analysis of the thorny, intractable, endlessly sidestepped issues that bedevil 21st-century healthcare... It is genuinely exhilarating to read a proper, heavyweight analysis framed in prose as blunt, on point and devoid of spin as Haslam's.... This brilliant book offers no glib solutions, only thoughtful suggestions, but the questions it poses are electrifying. * Observer * David Haslam is uniquely placed to reflect on how healthcare has lost its way, what needs to be done to fix it and why all of us are responsible for doing so... The importance and timeliness of his messages shines through. -- Dr Phil Hammond, author of Dr Hammond's Covid Casebook A fascinating and important book. -- Dr Amanda Brown, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Prison Doctor Compelling... Refreshing * Guardian * It is hard to think of anyone more qualified to reflect on all aspects of health and healthcare than David Haslam... Clear and accessible. -- Professor Sir Michael Marmot, author of The Health Gap This insightful, extensively referenced work has taken the hugely complex challenges of the provision of universal state-funded healthcare in a sustainable way and unpicked them thoughtfully... I was absorbed from the outset. -- Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges A must-read for all who care about the nation's health and our healthcare. -- Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners