Meet Dr. Nick Edwards of the NHS
A few days ago, Dr. Edwards contacted me about a book he’d written. Since his name was new to me, I went to Google and did a search, and this is what I came up with:
Wednesday August 29, 2007
The GuardianFrom its title, In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an A&E Doctor, you might expect it to be a book about medical hackwork. But while there are comically callous anecdotes and references to medical slang (a fracture of the fourth metatarsal is a “Rooney” and patients are defined by their TTT - tattoos to teeth - ratio) much of it is written with tenderness and compassion.
The author, who uses the pseudonym Dr Nick Edwards, has an overriding purpose in writing the book. In Stitches is an attempt to explain why an increasing number of doctors, nurses and other health service workers are fed up and disillusioned with the direction that New Labour is taking the NHS.
Read the rest of the article at The Guardian.
I’m not posting this just for the sake my readers from across the pond … but for us here in the States, too. Whenever I read about the things going on in the NHS over in the UK, I wonder if that’s where we’re headed. We could learn from what’s happening to them.
The book appears to be entertaining … and educational. I’m looking forward to reading it.
I’d like to ask my blog friends to please give Dr. Edwards a mention. I’m awfully glad that I ran across our other “Doc Authors.” I’ve seriously enjoyed their books, and have been enriched by getting to know them, too! We’d be a lot poorer without having gotten to know Dr. Schwab, Dr. Gordon, and Dr. Charles.
Now … if we can just get Dr. Nick to start blogging … >;o)
September 27th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Moof, your reputation has crossed the pond it seems and you are the goto person!
Thanks for introducing us to Nick and I hope his book does well.
regards
jmb
September 27th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Hi. Very interesting blog! Thanks for coming in to mine, and do keep visiting (and commenting)!
:-)
September 28th, 2007 at 10:17 am
JMB, I think a lot of others got an email too, not just me! *LOL*
I’m also hoping that Dr. Nick’s book goes well. I heard him again, and apparently, he used to blog, but had to give it up for fear of having his identity discovered. He’s not the first one who’s expressed such a fear to me from the UK, either. It worries me that the doctors in the UK are afraid of using their real names when they have an issue with the NHS. The UK should be free of that sort of fear …
I hope that here, in the states, we can learn from what they’re experiencing … particularly from the part that they have serious issues with where healthcare is going, and don’t feel safe in criticizing to those who could fix the problems.
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Rambodoc, thanks for visiting, and for your comment. You have a very interesting blog! I’m going to have to ask what “BAKWAS KHABAR” means … is that in Tamil, or something else?
I’d like to return your invitation, and ask for you to also feel welcome to visit and comment here. :o)
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:33 am
Moof,
Bakwas means nonsense, and khabar is news…and this is Hindi.
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Thank you for the translation, Rambodoc! You’ve taught me my first two Hindi words! :o)