John MarksThe NHS - Beginning, Middle and End?
The Autobiography of Dr John Marks
1925-1943 My childhood and life as an evacuee. University and the
army. From lorry driver to principal in general practice. My involvement in
abortion law reform. I get involved in medical politics. I get started in
medical politics at a national level. A Royal College, an academic approach
and a doctorate. Early attempts at NHS reform and heart transplants. An
outdated constitution and Sir Paul Chambers' report. I become involved in
national negotiations. I appear before a disciplinary body and I lose some
friends. I represent the profession at home and abroad. AIDS and the BMA. A
Royal sesquicentennial year. International problems and political
speculation. Two crises and one election. Princess Diana opens the library
and I have a rough ARM. The approaching storm. The Storm breaks: The White
Paper. The Profession rejects the Reforms. The campaign continues. The Bill
and reactions to it. The campaign continues: mysterious faxes and the
Oxford debate. My last few months in the chair. I am a past chairman. A
variety of activities including boxing lecturing and a disputed SRM.
Doctors in the Dock. A quiet retirement, a general election and a question
mark.
