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People should know about Professor Karol Sikora. He has transformed into something of an NHS advocate of late. He has supported free marketeers and is a vocal advocate for private healthcare. He has a long track record as an anti-NHS activist.
In 2004, he argued the NHS "has produced a deeply unequal system where the most affluent in society can opt out while the poorest often receive some of the worst healthcare in Europe", advocating a "consumer-led service"
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In the same year, in The Times, he stated & #39;The NHS as we know it has had its day.& #39;
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He was interviewed in 2006, saying
“The NHS is very much a religion, and sometimes at Doctors for Reform, it’s like we are sitting there in Canterbury Cathedral plotting to throw God out,”
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“The NHS is very much a religion, and sometimes at Doctors for Reform, it’s like we are sitting there in Canterbury Cathedral plotting to throw God out,”
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“There is no reason that there has to be a public insurer – why can’t the Norwich Union, for example, take a bit of the business? They will have to compete and show that they are just as good.”
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In 2007, a member of the Steering Committee of & #39;Doctors for Reform& #39;, he co-authored a report. DfR "believes that the time has come to look at new ways to supply and fund healthcare "
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In 2009, in opposing Obamacare, he promoted the Conservatives for Patients& #39; Rights (CPR) group, saying the USA could end up & #39;like the NHS& #39;, and warning single-payer healthcare "drives competition and consumerism out the window" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/13/advertising-campaign-nhs-us-healthcare-reforms">https://www.theguardian.com/world/200...
In the same year he was accused of misleading the public by claiming an honorary professorship at Imperial College London https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/may/22/karol-sikora-honorary-professor-imperial-college">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2...
In 2016 he was on the editorial board for this report authored by notorious free market fanatic Kristian Niemitz, then Head of Health and Welfare at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a hardcore crusader against public, equitable healthcare.
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By the way, this report was impressively taken apart in some detail by @mgtmccartney http://margaretmccartney.com/2016/10/25/nhs-is-failing-and-must-obviously-be-privatised/">https://margaretmccartney.com/2016/10/2...
He& #39;s a good friend and supporter of Owen Paterson MP, the founder of UK2020, saying
"I hope that Owen Paterson goes ahead, as he plans, and produces a further report on how we could create a system that is genuinely first class." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/25/lets-be-honest-the-nhs-is-costing-thousands-of-lives/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...
"I hope that Owen Paterson goes ahead, as he plans, and produces a further report on how we could create a system that is genuinely first class." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/25/lets-be-honest-the-nhs-is-costing-thousands-of-lives/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...
Finally, he was caught not declaring his conflict of interest with respect to private cancer care and treatments https://inews.co.uk/news/health/cancer-specialist-karol-sikora-nhs-radical-shake-up-533407">https://inews.co.uk/news/heal...
