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020			_a9781068629402
060			_aWX 28
100	1		_aSwinn, Michael
245	1		_aHitting your head against a brick wall : _ba surgeon's account of raising concerns in the NHS and why the system needs to change
260			_a[S.L.] : _bRavenshoe Press, _c2024
300			_axxii, 202p
520			_aMichael Swinn describes in searing detail his torturous experience of being an NHS whistle-blower and argues powerfully for change. His journal from medical student to Consultant surgeon and head of department is chronicled followed by his struggles to persuade hospital managers to listen to his and his colleagues' serious concerns regarding patient care. By the time they were eventually proved right, much harm had sadly been done to many patients, some of whom tragically died. A nightmarish, Kalfaesque world is described of seemingly interminable investigations, breathtaking incompetence, subterfuge and bluff by some managers apparently more intent on covering their own backs and limiting corporate reputational damage than protecting patients.
650			_aNHS _913340
650			_aFreedom to Speak Up
650			_aMedical biographies
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999			_c105278 _d105278