Quite like heaven?: Options for the NHS in a consumer age

Nick Seddon, November 2007

Described in a foreword by the former President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Bernard Ribeiro, as ‘an excellent analysis’, Seddon argues it is out respect for the very founding principles of the NHS – universal and comprehensive care – that it must embrace its consumers and open up to real choice and competition to turn it once more into a source of pride.