Dr Taylor, who is the co-founder of the newly formed National Health Action Party, says he now has that same deep sense of anger, but on a national scale: “I cannot sit by and watch the current government’s un-mandated devastation of our cherished NHS. This was brought home forcibly by this week’s news that £5bn of contracts for NHS services are currently being put out to tender and are likely to be won by private providers. So we really are at risk of losing the integrated, uniform national service that we love. Private providers have discovered that they can make profits out of our sickness. We only have to look at the present chaos of the NHS 111 system to see how a fragmented privatised service is hitting patient care. Competition in healthcare is just not appropriate.
Dr Taylor is a member of two affiliated political parties – Life President of Independent Community and Health Concern (ICHC) and one of the co-founders of the newly-formed National Health Action Party (NHAP). Both parties share the same aims regarding the restoration and improvement of the NHS. They believe that putting up candidates at local and national elections is the best way to engage with the political process to fight for the NHS which must remain publicly funded, publicly provided and publicly accountable.
Dr Taylor said: "I intend to stand here in Wyre Forest as the ICHC candidate because this is how I am known in this constituency. But I will make it clear that I also represent the National Health Action Party. I hope this will encourage others concerned about the NHS or local health issues to join the NHA Party. David Cameron claims the NHS is safe in his hands. I don’t think voters believe him. The Labour Party claims it is the party of the NHS but their recent track record does not support this. That’s why we need MPs whom the public can trust to stand up for our NHS, to restore and, importantly, improve it"!
Talking about why he believe the NHA party are needed in the Commons Dr Taylor said: "Think of the difference we could make to the country if a few of us were elected, totally independent of the Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems and UKIP. We know many people are looking for alternatives to the main whipped parties to vote for and we can give them that alternative. An independent MP, with real knowledge of and passion for protecting and bettering our health service, can make a huge difference in the House of Commons in debates, committees and all-party groups."
Concluding Dr Taylor said: "I will encourage other candidates to do what I did before both of my successful elections. That is to provide a personal manifesto on all matters of importance to their potential constituents to know how they, when elected, would vote on a wide range of issues. The huge privilege of being an MP, independent of the main parties, is that one can vote with the government when that is in your constituents’ interests and with the opposition when it is more appropriate."
