Clive Peedell is an English politician and doctor specialising in oncology. He is a co-founder and former leader of the National Health Action Party.[1][2] He stood as the candidate for Witney against Prime Minister David Cameron in the 2015 United Kingdom general election.[3]
Clive Peedell | |
|---|---|
 Peedell in 2015 | |
| Leader of the National Health Action Party | |
| In office 2012–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Paul Hobday (Interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | National Health Action Party (NHA) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College School, Oxford University of Southampton |
| Profession | Doctor |
Medical career
editPeedell has worked in hospitals in Swindon, Southampton, Northampton, Leeds and Middlesbrough where, since 2004, he has been a consultant clinical oncologist.[4] He is a member of the BMA Council[5] and co-chair of the NHS Consultants Association.[6] Winner of the 2013 HSJ Efficiency Awards (Innovation in Medical Technology)[7] for leading the implementation of the South Tees Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) program. He is author of Concise Clinical Oncology (Elsevier, 2005)[8] and led the influential letter to The Times signed by over one hundred of the UK's leading cancer doctors and researchers opposing the Medical Innovation Bill.[9]
Political career
editIn 2012, Peedell and Dr Richard Taylor co-founded the National Health Action Party[10] in response to the Coalition Government's Health and Social Care Act 2012, which they saw as preparing the ground for the destruction of the National Health Service as a publicly funded, publicly provided, publicly accountable universal healthcare system free at the point of need. The Party ran a number of candidates for the 2014 European Parliament election, after which he announced his intention to stand for election in David Cameron's Witney constituency in the 2015 United Kingdom general election. He came sixth with 1% of the vote in that election. Peedell was lobbying to prevent the privatisation of the NHS and any further budget cuts.[11] His main ambition is to rid the NHS of "the internal market and return it to a publicly funded, publicly provided, and publicly accountable health service-owned by the people, for the people".[12]
That year he also ran 160 miles in six days, from Aneurin Bevan's statue in Cardiff to the Department of Health in London, in protest against the Health and Social Care Act 2012.[13] This followed his 2013, 65-mile 'CAMarathon' on the 65th birthday of the NHS, from the Department of Health to Witney, where he buried "the NHS coffin" on Church Green.[14]
He resigned as leader of the National Health Action Party in July 2016.[2]
Personal life
editPeedell was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and the University of Southampton (BM, MRCP, FRCR). He is married with two children. A lifelong supporter of Oxford United F.C., he had trials for both Oxford and Leyton Orient F.C.
References
edit- ^ "Meet the NHA Executive Team - NHA Party". Nhap.org. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b Iacobucci, G. (2016). "National Health Action Party gets interim leader after founder resigns". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 354: i3935. doi:10.1136/bmj.i3935. PMID 27417634. S2CID 6529526. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron to be targeted at 2015 election by new pro NHS political party". The Daily Telegraph. London. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Dr Clive Peedell". Nhap.org. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "BMA - Members of BMA Council". Bma.org.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Executive Committee". Nationalhealthaction.org.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ^ "State-of-the-art radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients wins national award - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust". Southtees.nhs.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Peedell, Clive (25 February 2005). Concise Clinical Oncology (First ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 320. ISBN 9780750688369.
- ^ "Cancer doctors oppose Saatchi innovation Bill - Hospital Dr". Hospitaldr.co.uk. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Our Policies - NHA Party". Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Cooper, Charlie (16 March 2014). "Dr Clive Peedell: 'If we can catch public anger, we can win seats'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Clive Peedell Dislikes "yes men" in medicine" (PDF). The British Medical Journal. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ Weaver, Matthew (15 January 2012). "NHS consultants run 160 miles in protest at government health bill". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Symbolic burial of NHS in Witney, Oxfordshire | Demotix.com". www.demotix.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.