[2] He was educated at St Mary's RC High School, Blackpool, leaving at 16 to work in a high-street bank.

[4] In 2002, he was elected to the BMA's General Practitioner's Committee (GPC) as a regional representative for Lancashire and Cumbria.

[6] The book outlines how the Health & Social Care Act came about due to the failings of politicians, the media and medical leaders in the UK.

He co-authored NHS for Sale with Jacky Davis and John Lister which was published in 2014 by Merlin Press (ISBN 978-0-85036-627-3).

It explains how cuts and closures are impacting on the NHS and how politicians have pushed these changes through due to their ideological policies.