Private Eye. Press Info. Interview Feature. Tickets here. Tickets are now on sale for my two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe edfringe. Dr Phil Hammond can talk seriously or humorously, and usually both, about any health and lifestyle topic. He qualified as a doctor in , was a part time GP for 20 years, spent 5 years in sexual health and currently works as an associate specialist in paediatrics in an NHS team helping young people with chronic fatigue.
As a journalist, he broke the story of the Bristol heart scandal in , and gave evidence to the subsequent Public Inquiry. He was revalidated by the GMC in with the best patient satisfaction ratings his appraiser had ever seen largely down to the fact that he is the only doctor in the NHS who gives minute appointments.
It toured in Having previously been assured he would only have to stand down during purdah, the BBC did a U-turn when they realised Rees-Mogg could demand his own radio show to broadcast to constituents. Phil has been married to Jo, a GP, for 26 years and she is the main reason he is so healthy. His hat is still in the ring to stand at the next election as an independent candidate promoting intelligent kindness and health for all.
The 7 day NHS is an aspiration that will take time, training, inspiration and involvement to achieve. Has anything really changed since ? Has any NHS whistle-blower been compensated or reinstated?
Is it any safer to blow the whistle in the NHS? Available to download here. Staying Alive β How to get the best from the NHS β is full of inspirational stories from patients and carers and glued together with my own reflections of working in, thinking about and investigating the NHS over 30 years. You can read the reviews or add your own tips and tactics here. And this book is packed with real stories β from people who have become survival experts through their own experiences.
