Medicine

‘Saves time, money and food waste’ The Times

The Sunday Times best-selling author The Batch Lady is back with a budget-busting book to create fresh and satisfying meals without breaking the purse strings.

Shop once.
Get organised, plan ahead and create fresh and satisfying meals without breaking the bank.

Cook once.
Over 100 delicious, simple and energy-efficient batch-cooking recipes that will satisfy the whole family and fill your freezer.

Save money all week.
Learn to hack your monthly bill, save your hard-earned money and eat well on a budget.

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Suzanne Mulholland’s book ‘The Batch Lady’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16-01-2023.

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More than a hundred hearty, easy and slimming recipes from Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone, authors of the bestselling Pinch of Nom series.

From satisfying savoury dishes to indulgent desserts, Pinch of Nom Comfort Food is packed with slimming-friendly, delicious dishes that will keep you and your loved ones happy and healthy. From lazy weekend breakfasts to filling mains and warming puddings, this book is brimming with tasty meals that are easy to make. Many of the dishes have alternative cooking methods, so you can choose whether to cook in the oven, slow cooker or pressure cooker, depending on your schedule.

From Katsu Chicken Bites, Steak and Chips Pie and Cheesy Aubergine Bake to Slow Cooker Stroganoff, Halloumi Couscous Burgers and Millionaire Shortbread, you’ll be spoilt for choice on what to cook first. Feeling adventurous? Try Danger Dogs! Need a sweet and fruity fix? Cherry Pie ticks all the boxes. Featuring Pinch of Nom’s trademark big flavours, these recipes use easy-to-find ingredients to create dishes that everyone will love – whether they’re watching their waistline or not.

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Want to read just one book about autism? Read this. Written by Temple Grandin, one of the world’s most accomplished and well-known adults with autism, this thought-provoking, insightful and inspirational book – with illustrative diagrams and key points pulled out for emphasis – will assist not only fellow autistics and families with affected members, but also researchers and physicians seeking to better understand the condition.

‘An extraordinary source of inspiration for autistic children, their parents – and all people’ — Time
‘The Autistic Brain can both enlighten readers with little exposure to autism and offer hope and compassion to those who live with the condition’ — Scientific American
‘Grandin has helped us understand autism not just as a phenomenon, but as a different but coherent mode of existence that otherwise confounds us…’ — New York Times
‘Enjoyable, insightful read’ — ***** Reader review
‘This book is a delight from start to finish’ — ***** Reader review
‘Superb, readable book’ — ***** Reader review
‘Great book. Very insightful and easy to follow’ — ***** Reader review

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It’s estimated that one in almost a hundred people are diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum but there is far more hope for them today than ever before thanks to ground-breaking new research.

In this fascinating and highly readable book, Temple Grandin offers her own experience as an autistic person alongside remarkable new discoveries about the autistic brain, as well as genetic research.
She highlights long-ignored sensory problems as well as the need to treat autism symptom by symptom, rather than with an umbrella diagnosis. Most exciting of all, she argues that raising and educating children on the autistic spectrum needs to be less about focusing on their weaknesses, and more about fostering their unique contributions.

Written in a clear, concise and accessible way, with illustrative diagrams and key points pulled out for emphasis, this is an all-encompassing guide that will change the perception of autism.

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‘These are my go-to recipes when I want to eat well at home. My great hope is that they will inspire you to get cooking to improve your own health whatever your personal goal.’
GORDON RAMSAY

The dream combination – a Michelin-starred superchef who is also a committed athlete. Gordon knows how important it is to eat well, whether you’re training for a triathlon or just leading a busy active life. And just because it’s healthy food you don’t have to compromise on taste and flavour.

The book is divided into three sections, each one offering breakfasts, lunches, suppers, sides and snacks with different health-boosting benefits. The Healthy section consists of nourishing recipes for general wellbeing; the Lean recipes encourage healthy weight loss; and the Fit section features pre- and post-workout dishes to build strength and energise.

This is the ultimate collection of recipes that you’ll enjoy cooking and eating, and will leave you in great shape whatever your fitness goals.

Learn how to cook incredible, flavoursome dishes in just ten minutes with Ramsay in 10, the new book out 14/10/21.

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Why don’t we eat more veg? They’re healthy, cost-effective and, above all, delicious. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall believes that we should all be eating more of the good stuff, as he explains in this brilliant book.

He’s come up with an abundance of veg-tastic recipes, including a warm salad of grilled courgettes, lemon, garlic, mint and mozzarella, a winter giant couscous salad with herbs and walnuts, radishes with butter and salt, lemony guacamole, linguine with mint and almond pesto and cherry tomatoes, baby carrot risotto, new potato gnocchi, a summer stir-fry with green veg, ginger, garlic and sesame, a winter stir-fry with Brussels sprouts, shiitake mushrooms and five-spice, a cheesy tomato tart, a spring onion gallette, roast jacket chips with merguez spices and spiced yoghurt, curried bubble and squeak, scrambled eggs and asparagus with lemon, tomato gazpacho, pea and parsley soup, roast squash wedges, baba ganoush, beetroot houmous, spinach pasties and barbecued corn on the cob.

With over 200 recipes and vibrant photography from Simon Wheeler, River Cottage Veg Every Day is a timely eulogy to the glorious green stuff.

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Freshen up your meals with Jamie’s essential collection of healthy and delicious recipes for the whole family

Let Jamie teach you how to make healthy eating a part of everyday family life with Super Food Family Classics.

With easy-to-follow, tried and tested recipes, Jamie has created a cookbook that will allow you to add more fruit and veg to your family’s plates, without sacrificing any flavour – or your time.

With these tasty recipes, you can . . .
· Sneak in extra veg onto their plate with Squash Mac ‘N’ Cheese
· Enjoy a no-arguments family dinner with Chicken Fajitas, Smoky Dressed Aubergines & Peppers
· When you need a no-fuss meal on the table fast try Chicken Goujons or Pasta Pesto
· Get ahead with freezer-friendly Jumbo Fish Fingers or Proper Chicken Nuggets
· Use ingredients your family already love with Sweet Potato Fish Cakes or Chocolate Porridge

With valuable advice on everything from cooking with kids and tackling fussy eaters, to good gut health and how to budget, Jamie’s Super Food Family Classics is the kitchen companion every family needs.

In Jamie’s extensive collection of internationally loved and trusted cookbooks, this is the one about healthy food for all the family

‘Brilliant recipes’ Mail on Sunday

‘Our failsafe foodie of choice’ Sunday Times

‘Jamie Oliver is great – I’d put him in charge of the country’ Guardian

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Exam Board: Cambridge
Level: KS4
Subject: Health & Social Care
First Teaching: September 2016
First Exam: June 2017

Support your teaching of the new Cambridge Technicals 2016 suite with Cambridge Technical Level 3 Health & Social Care, developed in partnership between OCR and Hodder Education; this textbook covers each specialist pathway and ensures your ability to deliver a flexible course that is both vocationally focused and academically thorough.

Cambridge Technical Level 3 Health & Social Care is matched exactly to the new specification and follows specialist pathways in health science, social care and support, and working with children and young people.

– Ensures effective teaching of each specialist pathway offered within the qualification.
– Focuses learning on the skills, knowledge and understanding demanded from employers and universities.
– Provides ideas and exercises for the application of practical skills and knowledge.
– Developed in partnership between Hodder Education and OCR, guaranteeing quality resources which match the specification perfectly

Hodder Education have worked with OCR to make updates to our Cambridge Technicals textbooks to bring them more closely in line with the model assignment course requirements. We would like to let you know about a recent change to this textbook, updated pages which are now available free of charge as a PDF when you click on the ‘Amended Pages’ link on the left of this webpage.

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***A Waterstones Best Paperback of 2022 pick***

Perfect for fans of Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage and Professor Brian Cox.

‘A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.’ Professor Carlo Rovelli

Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world’s most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world’s greatest thinkers.

In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn’t just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more – as well as charting Robin’s own journey with science – The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.

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Now in its fourteenth edition, this best-selling textbook has been honed over many years to provide a clear, straightforward introduction to the human body for students of nursing, allied health or biomedical and paramedical science.

The book covers the core essentials of anatomy and physiology, including basic pathology and pathophysiology of important diseases and disorders. This new edition presents additional illustrations to enhance understanding of key concepts, including pathophysiology and diagnostics. Included for the first time is an introduction to surface anatomy, while other updating reflects current scientific knowledge and developments, including coronavirus. Enhanced learning features and an extensive online resource help you grasp all the important areas.

Like millions of readers before you, you will treasure Ross & Wilson as a go-to resource that you will refer to time and again to support this critical aspect of your healthcare education.

• Clear and easy to read – suitable for students new to the area and anyone whose first language is not English

• Hundreds of stunning illustrations and images to make learning easy

• Helpful learning features such as Learning Outcomes boxes, colour coding and orientation icons to facilitate navigation

• Definitions of common prefixes, suffixes and roots, examples, glossary and an appendix of normal biological values

• Self-assessment activities in each chapter, including ‘spot check’ questions for each section and case studies with answers to develop understanding of key principles

• Accompanying website with animations, videos, audio-glossary and other self-assessment material

Evolve Study Resources

Online content offered with Ross & Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness 14th edition includes:

• New for this edition – a set of expert-narrated 3D videos summarizing key topics in the book, powered by Complete Anatomy: the world’s most advanced 3D anatomy platform
• Over 120 animations clarifying underlying principles and make learning fun
• More than 1700 audio glossary entries
• Body Spectrum © online colouring and self-test software
• Self-assessment questions to help students test their knowledge

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A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

‘With poignancy, humour and compassion, Jones invites us into “the invigorating chaos of pre-hospital care” . . . a panorama of experiences: the mundane, the ridiculous, the heartbreaking and the tragic’ – The Guardian

‘This beautifully written book, punctuated with wry humour, is a sobering portrayal of the ailing, the distressed and the lonely… Yet it’s also an uplifting read which will make you thankful that should your hour of need arrive, so will someone like Jones’ – Daily Express

A memoir of the chaos, intensity and occasional beauty of life as a paramedic.

A young man has stopped breathing in a supermarket toilet. A pedestrian with a nasty head injury won’t let the crew near him on a busy road. A newborn baby is worryingly silent. An addict urinates on the ambulance floor when denied a fix. This is the life of an ambulance paramedic.

Jake Jones has worked in the UK ambulance service for ten years: every day, he sees a dozen of the scenes we hope to see only once in a lifetime. Can You Hear Me? – the first thing he says when he arrives on the scene – is a memoir of the chaos, intensity and occasional beauty of life on the front-lines of medicine in the UK.

As well as a look into dozens of extraordinary scenes – the hoarder who won’t move his collection to let his ailing father leave the house, the blood-soaked man who tries to escape from the ambulance, the life saved by a lucky crew who had been called to see someone else entirely – Can You Hear Me? is an honest examination of the strains and challenges of one of the most demanding and important jobs anyone can do.

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• Over 180 practice questions
• Worked solutions provided by more than a dozen consultants
• Hints and tips for making the most of your interview, and getting the results you want.

“What would you do if you were in charge of the NHS?”
“What is a clinical trial?”
“Why wouldn’t we choose more qualified candidates than you?”

These are examples of Real Questions that were asked in previous medical consultant interviews. Stumped? You don’t need to be! Published by the Oxbridge Medical Society, the Ultimate Medical Consultant Interview Guide contains over 180 commonly asked Interview Questions that have been asked at real consultant interviews. It provides Fully Worked Model Answers for every single question and guides you through the topics and problems that each one raises.

With contributions and advice from over 12 Senior NHS Consultants , this is your Ultimate companion to the Consultant Interview Process and a MUST-BUY for those who have an upcoming medical consultant interview.

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BBC R4 Book of the Week

‘Brilliant’ Guardian

‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The Times

What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?

In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself – a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared.

Tracking the mind’s fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so – a journey completely independent from the route that mammals and birds would later take.

But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually ‘think for themselves’? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind – and on our own.

Peter Godfrey-Smith’s book ‘OTHER MINDS’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10-05-2021.

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Divided into five parts, Parts I, II and III cover screening and assessment, the pathophysiology of sports injuries and healing and the various stages of training during the rehabilitation process. Part IV covers effective clinical decision making, and Part V covers joint specific injuries and pathologies in the shoulder, elbow wrist and hand, groin and knee.

Key features:

• Comprehensive. Covers the complete process from diagnosis and treatment to rehabilitation and prevention of injuries.
• Practical and relevant. Explores numerous real world case studies and sample rehabilitation programmes to show how to apply the theory in practice.
• Cutting Edge. Presents the latest research findings in each area to provide an authoritative guide to the field.

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Drawn from his popular medical columns over the years, John Launer shares fifty of his best-loved essays, covering topics from essentials skills they don t teach you in medical school to his poignant account of being a patient himself as he received treatment for a life-threatening illness.

Taken together, the stories make the case that being a doctor should mean drawing on every aspect of yourself, your interests and your experiences no matter how remote they seem from the medical task at hand.

How Not to Be a Doctor combines humour, candour and the human touch to inform and entertain readers on both ends of the stethoscope.

***PRAISE FOR HOW NOT TO BE A DOCTOR***

An essential read… It is a gem Dr. Fiona Moss, CBE, Dean of the Royal Society of Medicine

This collection is warm, wise, generous, thoughtful and thought-provoking… imbued with a moving humanity which offers inspiration and reassurance in equal measure Dr. Deborah Bowman, MBE, BBC Broadcaster and Professor of Medical Ethics and Law

‘Witty and wise. Shows how important it is that doctors are allowed to be human’ Kit Wharton, author of Emergency Admissions: Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver

An all-round excellent book, which would appeal to a wide range of healthcare professionals and students… a light-hearted way of looking at serious subjects BMA Panel of Judges

‘I raced through this book, laughing, nodding, highlighting and then read some favourite bits again. Every chapter has a gem of wisdom as well as being so very elegantly written and entertaining’ Jenny Rogers, Co-Author of Coaching for Health

Bursting with wonder and wisdom, this seductively readable book imparts courage and joy in equal measure Dr. Iona Heath, CBE. Former President, Royal College of General Practitioners and author of The Mystery of General Practice

Gets to the heart and soul of current medical practice. Written by a doctor, but incorporates life experience and wisdom, making it an easy, thought provoking read Professor Jane Dacre, President of the Royal College of Physicians

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