Carol Brayne Wants to help save the NHS

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Who has been your biggest inspiration? Two people. Gerry Shaper, professor of clinical epidemiology at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, for introducing me to epidemiology, and Bill Havard, an inspiringgeneral physician, and so kind to juniors. What was the worst mistake in your career? A prescribing error as a house officer-luckily with no effect on the patient. What was your best career move? In retrospect, moving my MRC training fellowship to Cambridge; it was not obvious at the time but turned outto be a tremendous move. Bevan or Lansley? Who has been the best and the worst health secretary in your lifetime?Bevan was the best, although before my time. The Blairyears were a great disappointment. No health secretary seems to have understood the importance of public health as a discipline atthe heart of a socialised healthcare system that is affordable, equitable, and effective.