The Delusion

How faith in the NHS is impacting our health

By: Michael Christopher

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Paperback | 24 June 2025

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The NHS is revered in the United Kingdom, yet despite the excellence of its staff, it is a service in constant crisis. On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS, overworked and harassed NHS staff were low in morale, leaving in record numbers for careers abroad, and patient dissatisfaction hit record highs, driven by sky-high expectations.

Something has gone very wrong.

In The Delusion, Dr Michael Christopher uses his own first-hand experience of healthcare in the UK and other countries, both as doctor and patient, to unlock the origins and mythology of the NHS. Stripping away the nostalgia, and demonstrating that there are more than two options: the UK and the American system, he shines a light on how healthcare systems in the rest of the world could provide us with the tools to fix what is broken, and improve the lives of patients and NHS staff alike.

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"Michael Christopher's The Delusion is a prescription for radical change. It surgically removes the public's faith in the NHS, a health service that no other country envies. With pizza deliveries more effective than its ambulance services, endless waiting lists, broken A&E departments, postcode lottery care, and a massive shortfall in success despite increased funding, we sense that Bevan's baby is not long for this world." - Paul Crawford, author of The Wonders of Doctor Bent

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