A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: POPULAR SCIENCE

What Is a Doctor? is a vital contribution to the ongoing debate about how we maintain an NHS that is both fit for purpose and free.

Taking insight from his thirty-year career as a GP, Dr Whitaker offers a unique perspective on the medical movements and societal changes that have transformed the role of doctor, and suggests what could be done to save the future of the NHS.

"A powerful account of what has happened to the bedrock of the NHS, the GP system . . . The book is essential - and highly readable" - * New Statesman *