SIDE EFFECTS

A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick David Haslam is uniquely placed 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 shines through Dr Phil Hammond A fascinating and important book Dr Amanda Brown 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 2million 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