The Delusion

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The NHS is revered in the United Kingdom yet despite the excellence of its staff it is a service in constant crisis. On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS overworked and harassed NHS staff were low in morale leaving in record numbers for careers abroad and patient dissatisfaction hit record highs driven by sky-high expectations.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Something has gone very wrong.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Delusion</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Dr Michael Christopher uses his own first-hand experience of healthcare in the UK and other countries both as doctor and patient to unlock the origins and mythology of the NHS. Stripping away the nostalgia and demonstrating that there are more than two options: the UK and the American system he shines a light on how healthcare systems in the rest of the world could provide us with the tools to fix what is broken and improve the lives of patients and NHS staff alike. </span></p>