'Easy to follow and highly recommended, Julian Simpson's book provides a clear and comprehensive account of this suddenly very topical slice of history, and does exactly what he set out to do - writes migrants back into the history of the NHS.'
Anjna Harrar, British Journal of General Practice, August 2018
'The detailed individual narratives, and the author's meticulous historical and political analysis, offer a model for making sense of medical migration.'
John Launer, Postgraduate Medical Journal
'Simpson has previously stated his desire to 'write migrant doctors back into the history of the NHS', claiming that British medical historians (unlike those in North America) have been much less attuned to the role of immigration in shaping contemporary society. He has certainly achieved that goal. This is the first full-length scholarly book to examine the contribution of migrant doctors to the NHS and, as such, constitutes an importance reconsideration of post-war British health services. [...] the book does succeed marvellously in denationalising the NHS, by looking at health care and medical practice through a transnational lens. As such, it paves the way for other important studies of health care diasporas in Britain.'
David Wright, McGill University, Social History of Medicine, Volume 32 Issue 1, February 2019
'Simpson has previously stated his desire to 'write migrant doctors back into the history of the NHS', claiming that British medical historians (unlike those in North America) have been much less attuned to the role of immigration in shaping contemporary society. He has certainly achieved that goal. This is the first full-length scholarly book to examine the contribution of migrant doctors to the NHS and, as such, constitutes an importance reconsideration of post-war British health services. [...] the book does succeed marvellously in denationalising the NHS, by looking at health care and medical practice through a transnational lens. As such, it paves the way for other important studies of health care diasporas in Britain.'
David Wright, McGill University, Social History of Medicine, Volume 32 Issue 1, February 2019
'Migrant Architects of the NHS will have significant interest for historians of post-war Britain. It merits a wide readership and will undoubtedly be a valued addition to reading lists for students and researchers alike.'
Martin Moore, University of Exeter, Contemporary British History, May 2019
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