Dear colleagues – this is just to introduce myself to you. I’ve been involved in campaigning for a publicly funded/delivered/accountable NHS since 2005.
I think the biggest problems we face now are:
- Underfunding of the NHS
- Redisorganisation of the NHS, including the threat from the private sector via ACOs
- The dangers to NHS staff of being blamed as individuals for system failures
My potted history
- Consultant radiologist Whittington Hospital 1981 –
- Founder member of the Keep Our NHS Public campaign (started 2005)
- Previous chair NHS Consultants Association
- Member BMA Council 2006 –
- Co author of the books NHS SOS and NHS For Sale
- Articles and blogs on the NHS in the medical and national press
- Member of the Labour party