Peedell 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
In 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 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]
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