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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Science & Medicine, Adult
ISBN: 9780241991862
Published: February 2024
Imprint: Penguin
Page Extent: 384
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00

Fighting for Life

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'The book the NHS has always deserved' Andrew Marr
'A sensational and much-needed book . . . thorough, scholarly and above all readable' Chris van Tulleken
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How does our National Health Service really work, and what does that mean for our future?

Since its foundation in 1948, the NHS has come to define our national identity, making history (and the headlines) again and again - from cutting edge discoveries like the first 'test tube baby', to its heroic response to the Coronavirus crisis. But the NHS has also become a battleground for some of the fiercest political contests of our time, perceived either as a national treasure, or as a lumbering piece of state machinery in need of...

About the Author

Isabel Hardman

Isabel Hardman

Isabel Hardman is the Assistant Editor of the Spectator and also presents Radio 4's Week in Westminster. In 2015 she was named the youngest ever Political Journalist of the Year by the Political Studies Association. She appears regularly on TV and radio, including Have I Got News for You, The Andrew Marr Show, The News Quiz, Today programme, Question Time and Sky News. She also writes columns for The Times, The Guardian, The Sun, The Observer, Evening Standard, and the Daily Telegraph.

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