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Phil Hammond is a GP (currently practicing at a specialist NHS centre for children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome/ME), journalist and broadcaster. With Struck Off & Die, he and Tony Gardner enjoyed much success performing on radio and at Edinburgh. Phils presenting credits include five series of Trust Me, Im A Doctor (BBC), The Motion Show, Pillories of the State (BBC Radio) and BBC1s Heaven and Earth Show. Phil recorded a comedy on BBC Radio4 "24 Hours to save the NHS" which he also wrote.
Such was its success that 59 mins To Save The NHS enjoyed ratings-boosting reviews at the Edinburgh Festival which later was followed by a nationwide tour.
Phil is constantly writing and developing material for broadcast with the BBC. He is a renowned humorous and keynote speaker for medical and non-medical functions alike!
In 2012, he was shortlisted with Andrew Bousfield for the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Investigative Journalism for a Private Eye Special Report about the shocking treatment of NHS Whistleblowers. Phil has also won awards for broadcasting, popular health journalism, comedy and teaching.
He is Vice President of the Patients' Association and a patron of Meningitis UK, the Doctors' Support Network, the Herpes Viruses Association, Patients First and Kissing It Better.
Phil presented five series of Trust Me, I'm a Doctor on BBC2 and has appeared regularly on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, The Now Show, The One Show and Countdown. He has been a Lecturer in Medical Communication at the Universities of Bristol and Birmingham,.
Phil's Radio 4 sitcom about GPs struggling with the NHS reforms - Polyoaks - was written with David Spicer and the third series aired in 2014.
Phil has written three books - Medicine Balls, Trust Me, I'm (Still) a Doctor and Sex, Sleep or Scrabble? - and released two DVDs of his tours (Dr Phil's Rude Health Show and Confessions of a Doctor).
He continues to tour the UK. Having completed his third UK comedy tour with Games to Play With Your Doctor. Phil's fourth book, 'Staying Alive - How to Survive the NHS' was published in 2015
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