John Dixon

Four in a Bay: A Pocket A to Z Guide to Survival as a Patient in the NHS John Dixon

A Pocket A to Z Guide to Survival as a Patient in the NHS. I was a middle-aged writer who had never travelled somewhere or written a travel book of my experiences. I was also a middle-aged man who had never been in hospital before. Therefore, it came as a shock when I went for a check-up for a chest infection and was admitted to the hospital with heart failure. A life changing and challenging journey lay ahead. However, always one to see the humour in adversity and seeing the opportunity to write the travel book of a journey of all journeys, I set out to document this journey through the NHS experience. What emerges, is