Side Effects: How Our Healthcare Lost Its Way - And How We Fix It

In his book, Sir David Haslam examines what good healthcare should achieve and how we can pay for it. He reflects on how healthcare has lost its way and why all of us are responsible for fixing it.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 25 August 2022
Publisher: Atlantic Books

A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick

David Haslam is uniquely positioned 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 shine through.

Dr Phil Hammond, in his review, describes the book as "fascinating and important." Dr Amanda Brown also highlights its significance, stating, "With a single drug in the UK currently costing £340,000 per patient per year, or a gene therapy in the USA being costed at $1.2 million, who should get such treatments, and how can we begin to afford them? Should we all be entitled to timely mental health therapy? How should we care for our old?"

As we grapple with the world's worst pandemic for a century, our minds are on our health more than ever. But what should we rightfully expect of doctors? In this original and thought-provoking book, Sir David Haslam explores what good healthcare should achieve and asks how we pay for it. Informed by patient stories and data from across the world, from US big pharma to Britain's NHS, this is an urgent and often moving examination of our most important asset: our health.

Weight: 620g
Dimension: 242 x 167 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786495365
Edition number: Main