title: A Witness Account of the Rise and Fall of the NHS Longmore Donald A Witness Account of the Rise and Fall of the NHS 409pp £29 ShieldCrest 9781907629228 190762922X [Formula: see text].
abstract: AS QUALITY and standards in the National Health Service appear to be under ever increasing scrutiny and criticism, this personal account and reflection on a 50-year career by eminent physician Donald Longmore, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and Royal College of Radiologists, offers far more than a factual autobiography.