BBC's Dr Phil Hammond joins COVER Summit

Doctor, author and broadcaster to give closing keynote

Adam Saville
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Radio presenter, campaigner and comedian with a medical background will present 'The Future of Health'

Have I Got News for You contestant and Private Eye correspondent Dr Phil Hammond will present the closing keynote at this year's COVER Protection and Health Summit on Thursday 10 October at The Brewery, London. A qualified GP, Dr Hammond currently works in a specialist NHS centre for children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome, he is also a presenter on BBC Radio Bristol and the host of five series of Trust Me, I'm a Doctor on BBC2. As vice president of the Patients' Association and patron of Meningitis UK and a number of other key medical profession bodies and charities, t...

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