Article about Alex and Under The Skin. By Damien Whitworth, published in The Times on 10 May 2022. One man’s mission to cut NHS waiting listsWhat a leading dermatology consultant did to improve access to healthcare Below is a screenshot of the webpage (low-res unfortunately). For the full article on TheTimes.co.uk, click this button. Go…… Continue reading Article in The Times
Author: Alex Anstey
Case Study #21 (2014)
Nia, age 13, Blisters on hands ‘Nia and her sister were both given baby calves at the beginning of June.’ AA: ‘What did you call your calf, Nia?’ Nia: ‘Violet.’ Nia’s mum: ‘Two or three days after being given them, the two calves became unwell.’ Nia: ‘They were off their food and went floppy. They…… Continue reading Case Study #21 (2014)
Our fight
The NHS now needs strategic leadership and investment aswell as innovation. Most importantly, it needs to reconnect tothe values articulated by Nye Bevan that made it such a greatand unifying concept. Sadly, the essence of Bevan’s NHS hasbeen gradually lost by creeping privatisation. Perhaps the mostimportant element of the COVID-19 pandemic was to hold amirror…… Continue reading Our fight
Becoming a doctor
Two key groups for whom this book is intended is (a) secondary school students thinking of a career in medicine, and (b) medical students. The numbers are huge. 36 medical schools in the UK, with up to 300 students in each year. Only about 1 in 6 of 6th formers thinking about medicine end up…… Continue reading Becoming a doctor
About the author
Here’s Moli! Now a dermatologist at the Royal United Hospitals in Bath, Istarted working for the NHS in 1983, and have been a consultantdermatologist since 1994. In 2000 I led the NHS teamthat won the UK Dermatology Team of the Year award. I wasappointed as honorary professor of dermatology at CardiffUniversity in 2005, advisory professor…… Continue reading About the author
My Fight To Save The NHS
In 2006 Julian Tudor Hart published The Political Economy of Health Care: A Clinical Perspective. He was nearing the end of his life, and was expressing dismay at the creeping privatisation of the NHS. ‘They have had to do it by stealth,’ he said, ‘proclaiming each successive capitulation to commerce as support for otherwise declining…… Continue reading My Fight To Save The NHS
Chapter 9
The phone rang. I had overslept. It was 9:30 am. It was the dermatology secretary. With Rebecca now “I have Dr MacDonald on the phone,” she told me. “Where are you?” he demanded. “I’m at home,” I replied. “Why are you at home?” he barked. “We’ve had a baby.” “Is everything okay?” “Yes, Sarah and…… Continue reading Chapter 9
Chapter 4
Sample two of three from Under The Skin: My Fight To Save The NHS Charing Cross Hospital Medical School I was born in Westerham, Kent in January 1959, delivered athome by my father Richard as the midwife failed to makeit. We lived in the last house on Hosey Hill, just one milefrom Chartwell, the former…… Continue reading Chapter 4
Chapter 1
Sample passage from Under The Skin: My Fight To Save The NHS Alex in Tredegar, Wales, birthplace of Aneurin Bevan and the NHS I was having a bad day. I knew the clinic would be overbookedand running late, but as I made my way through the hospitalcorridors of Ysbyty Gwynedd, a district general hospital in…… Continue reading Chapter 1
Foreword
Under the Skin: A Dermatologist’s Fight to Save the NHS Foreword by Dr Julia Schofield and Professor Andrew Finlay This is an outstanding reflection on prevailing attitudes andpossible solutions to the systemic failures of the NHS.It is also a great read, engaging, fast-paced and based aroundmultiple short true-life stories. It is difficult to put down…… Continue reading Foreword
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