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Dear NHS

By: Adam Kay - editor
Narrated by: Caitlin Moran, Candice Carty-Williams, Ed Sheeran, Jack Whitehall, Joanna Lumley, Lee Child, Michael Palin, Paul McCartney, Renni Eddo-Lodge, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Various
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Summary

The number one Sunday Times bestseller.

Features 75 stories narrated by their authors.

Curated and edited by Adam Kay (author of multi-million best seller This Is Going to Hurt), Dear NHS features household names telling their personal stories of the health service. Contributors include Paul McCartney, Emilia Clarke, Stephen Fry, Sir Trevor McDonald, Sir Michael Palin, Naomie Harris, Dame Emma Thompson, Joanna Lumley, Miranda Hart, Ed Sheeran, David Tennant, Dame Julie Walters, Emma Watson and many, many more.

The NHS is our single greatest achievement as a country. No matter who you are, no matter what your health needs are, and no matter how much money you have, the NHS is there for you. In Dear NHS, an amazing list of inspirational people come together to share their stories of how the national health service has been there for them and changed their lives in the process. By turns deeply moving, hilarious, hopeful and impassioned, these stories together become a love letter to the NHS and the 1.4 million people who go above and beyond the call of duty every single day - selflessly, generously, putting others before themselves, never more so than now.

They are all heroes, and this book is our way of saying thank you.

This audiobook features readings by: Monica Ali, Pam Ayres, David Baddiel, Mary Beard, William Boyd, Frankie Boyle, Jo Brand, Kevin Bridges, Kathy Burke, Jimmy Carr, Candice Carty-Williams, Lauren Child, Lee Child, Bridget Christie, Emilia Clarke, Rev Richard Coles, Daisy May Cooper, Jilly Cooper, Fearne Cotton, Juno Dawson, Kit de Waal, Victoria Derbyshire, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Anne Fine, Stephen Fry, Professor Green, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Mark Haddon, Matt Haig, The Hairy Bikers, Naomie Harris, Miranda Hart, Victoria Hislop, Nick Hornby, Sali Hughes, Konnie Huq, Marina Hyde, E L James, Jackie Kay, Lorraine Kelly, Marian Keyes, Shappi Khorsandi, Joanna Lumley, Lee Mack, Catherine Mayer, Alexander McCall Smith, Paul McCartney, Sir Trevor McDonald, Caitlin Moran, Kate Mosse, Jojo Moyes, David Nicholls, Sir Michael Palin, Sue Perkins, Katie Piper, Jonathan Ross, Ed Sheeran, Paul Sinha, Frank Skinner, Kate Tempest, David Tennant, Dame Emma Thompson, Sandi Toksvig, Stanley Tucci, KT Tunstall, Dame Julie Walters, Phil Wang, Emma Watson, Mark Watson, Jack Whitehall, Josh Widdicombe, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Greg Wise, Benjamin Zephaniah.

A minimum of £1 from the proceeds received by The Orion Publishing Group from this audiobook will be made available by the publisher to NHS Charities Together. A minimum of £0.05 from the proceeds received by The Orion Publishing Group from this audiobook will be made available by the publisher to the Lullaby Trust.

The Lullaby Trust Limited is a registered charity in the UK with charity number 262191 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

NHS Charities Together is a registered charity in the UK with charity number 1186569 (England and Wales)

©2020 Orion Publishing Group (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group
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Born before the NHS was set up 1948

So many reasons to stop our NHS being sold off to the USA By government



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tear filled gratitude

a heartfelt tribute to an awesome bunch of selfless dedicated people, makes me proud to be married to an NHS worker

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Our NHS

Loved the laughter and felt the tears. A book with both and balanced in its construction.

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Feel Good and Fabulous

loved this book. packed with interesting and feel good stories all around the NHS. just what we all need during this strange time.

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very emotional book

very emotional book. Great that its read by the people telling the stories. well done Adam on another great book 📖

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Wonderful! A must listen!

What a brilliant way to start my morning walk to work! As a nurse myself it’s touching to hear how the nhs has impacted upon so many peoples lives! Despite everything that is going on, with the pandemic & lack of pay rise...The true reason we all enter the job... is to make a difference! This audio book portrays the nhs as doing exactly this. From the very start to the end of an individuals life. A funny, heartfelt & honest set of stories, unique to each individual author. I am grateful to those have shared 💕
A must listen for anyone! 🌟

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Wonderful collection

Funny, poignant, thoughtful and some very personal submissions. Made me laugh and cry.

Thank you for the book and thank you NHS.

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Emotional but uplifting

Silly me, I thought that I could get through this without crying. Some of these stories are incredibly hard to listen to but each is a wonderful reminder of just how important the NHS is to this country. Please buy this in one format or the other and read or listen to just how important it is to value our incredible NHS and never, ever take advantage of what we have.

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heartwarming stories

A very good reminder how important and amazing the NHS is. no matter who or where you can from the NHS is amazing

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Audio Dear NHS, not same as book

Loved the stories but it has less than 80. The book of a similar name has 100. Felt cheated.Should have had a different cover / artwork to make it more obvious, they are not the same.

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