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An extremely concerning development.
I have been booked to speak at the Spectator's 'How to fix Britain’s cancer crisis' debate at the Conservative Party Conference for some time.
I was recently informed by the organisers that the sponsor of the event, an NHS supplier, threatened to pull their substantial sponsorship fee unless I was removed from the panel.
With full credit to the Spectator, they refused this blatant attempt at censorship at great financial cost.
I don't pretend, or want, to be the most popular person at NHS HQ. But if, as I suspect, they were involved in the attempted cancellation then that is worrying.
I spent over 40 years in the NHS, a period as the WHO cancer chief and have been involved in the development of cancer infrastructure in almost every country in the world.
They may not like my views, but I think that they're based in enough experience to be worth hearing.
In fact, I've been very careful not to be too forthright on how I feel about how healthcare is delivered in the UK.
That certainly won't be the case from now on.
I also heavily suspect that NHS disdain for my critical opinions has contributed to their refusal to help reopen the Rutherford cancer centre network - capable of helping 20,000 patients a year.
It is all extremely murky.
I am looking forward to speaking at the event tomorrow and outlining how I believe we can fix Britain's cancer crisis.
High on the agenda is eradicating the blasphemy culture surrounding the NHS. It is not a world-beating health service and the longer we lie to ourselves that it is, the more patients will suffer.
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