NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care

Verso, 2006. Very Good+. A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: An excellent guide, not only to the woes of the NHS but, by extension, to t hose of all the public services in Britain. ... It is a lamentable tale of private enterprise without enterprise, and public expenditure without publi c purpose. (New Statesman ) This is a shocking story, brilliantly told. (Raymond Tallis ) A tale that demands to be read by every person in this country who has a st ake in the NHS and the remnants of the welfare state, and indeed, everyone with democratic instincts ... told with lucid and detailed authority. (Guar dian ) Allyson Pollock confirms suspicions that something is rotten in the state o f the UK's health system. NHS plc should be required reading for every clin ician and patient in the UK. (The Lancet ) Pollock applies a remorseless logic that is hard to resist ... a stimulatin g and powerful argument. (Times Higher Education Supplement ) A brave, necessary book. And because you know the government thinks you sho uldn't read it, you probably should. (British Medical Journal ) Required reading for everyone who works in the biggest industry in the country and everyone that uses it. (Claire Rayner ).