Patients First: How to Save the NHS

In Patients First, Leslie Turnberg, former President of the Royal College of Physicians, focuses on the needs of NHS patients and the staff who care for them.Shining a light on the many challenges facing the NHS and Primary and Social Care, and resisting any suggestion of yet another wholesale reorganisation, he pinpoints where and how to improve outcomes. It is clear that the caring services must change and a patient-centred model - where a disillusioned workforce is brought back into satisfying and contented employment - should be the aim.Chapters on Social care and Primary Care come first, as so much in secondary care is dependent on them.Chapters on Public Health, Mental Health, and Maternity Care provide examples of where significant improvements may be gained.Further chapters on Trust in the NHS, Research, and Funding follow. Patients First is a must-read for anyone interested in an NHS action plan for the future. * * * * *ReviewsLord Turnberg carefully takes the temperature of a