Doctors for Reform

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Doctors for Reform describes itself as "an independent, non-party group which believes that the time has come to look at new ways to supply and fund healthcare." Its stated aim is to "participate in a proper and informed national debate on the choices ahead us." It is supported by the free market think tank Reform.

People

Doctors for Reform Steering Committee members include:

  • Professor Karol Sikora, Medical Director of CancerPartnersUK, which runs private cancer treatment centres in the UK. A CancerPartnersUK report 'Radiotherapy – A radical plan for Britain', published in September 2010 and co-authored by Sikora, called on the government to show its support for private cancer treatment. Sikora said: "“Opening up the NHS to new providers of services has never been more important and transforming the provision of cancer care requires imaginative solutions."[2]
  • Dr Maurice Slevin, Consultant Medical Oncologist and one of the four founder partners of the private Harley Street clinic, the London Oncology Clinic. In 2003 he produced a pamphlet "Resuscitating the NHS" for the Centre For Policy Studies.[3]

References

  1. Qure ('cosmetic anti ageing treatments with a qualified doctor'), About Us, accessed October 2010
  2. CancerPartnersUK, CancerPartnersUK is lobbying MPs and health officials about the poor state of radiotherapy services in the UK, Sept 2010
  3. Maurice Slevin London Oncology Clinic, accessed Oct 2010