The NHS saved me. As a scientist, I must help to save it | Stephen Hawking The crisis in the health service has been created by politicians who want to privatise it – when public opinion, and the evidence, point in the opposite direction
Like many people, I have personal experience of the NHS. In my case, medical care, personal life and scientific life are all intertwined. I have received a large amount of high-quality NHS treatment and would not be here today if it were not for the service.
The care I have received since being diagnosed with motor neurone disease as a student in 1962 has enabled me to live my life as I want, and to contribute to major advances in our understanding of the universe. In July I celebrated my 75th birthday with an international science conference in Cambridge. I still have a full-time job as director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology and, with two colleagues, am soon to publish another scientific paper on quantum black holes.
When public figures abuse scientific argument to justify policies, it debases scientific culture Continue reading... The Guardian
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Like many people, I have personal experience of the NHS. In my case, medical care, personal life and scientific life are all intertwined. I have received a large amount of high-quality NHS treatment and would not be here today if it were not for the service.
The care I have received since being diagnosed with motor neurone disease as a student in 1962 has enabled me to live my life as I want, and to contribute to major advances in our understanding of the universe. In July I celebrated my 75th birthday with an international science conference in Cambridge. I still have a full-time job as director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology and, with two colleagues, am soon to publish another scientific paper on quantum black holes.
When public figures abuse scientific argument to justify policies, it debases scientific culture Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Stephen Hawking: 'I wouldn't be here without the NHS' BBC News
- Stephen Hawking: I'm worried about the future of the NHS BBC News
- Jeremy Hunt in Twitter row with Stephen Hawking The Daily Telegraph
- Stephen Hawking is my hero, but there is no evidence to support his claims about the NHS under the Conservatives The Daily Telegraph
- Jeremy Hunt says Stephen Hawking is wrong about weekend NHS deaths The Guardian
- Stephen Hawking blames Tory politicians for damaging NHS The Guardian
- Stephen Hawking attacks the Tories for moving towards privatising NHS and undermining trust in science The Independent
- Jeremy Hunt says world renowned scientist Stephen Hawking is wrong on scientific basis of NHS reform The Independent
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