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Reading this book will show how political decisions have influenced hospitals and their A&E departments ever since the formation of the NHS. However most of the changes occurred with the consent of the medical profession and often as a result of reports written by members of the profession. For doctors and nurses working in A&E departments, these changes did not have much influence on the day-to-day working of departments.
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Guly, H. (2005). Politics and the Future. In: A History of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 1948–2004. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230000742_11
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