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	Independent (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Independent politicians have held considerable sway in the Canadian House of Commons over the last couple years as Canada has been governed by successive minority governments with independent MPs holding the balance of power.
		In the 2004 federal election, Chuck Cadman was elected to federal parliament as an independent MP representing the British Columbia riding of Surrey North.
		Two independent MPs were elected in the 2005 UK general election: Peter Law (MP for Blaenau Gwent), who died on April 25, 2006, and Richard Taylor, sole MP of the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern party (for the Wyre Forest constituency).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Independent_(politician) (1388 words)

	Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern (often known by the shorter name Health Concern) is a political party based in Kidderminster, England.
		On both occasions, Health Concern benefited from a decision by the Liberal Democrats not to put up a candidate of their own.
		Health Concern is also active in local government, although it has lost much support in recent years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Independent_Kidderminster_Hospital_and_Health_Concern (389 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search
		Kidderminster hospital was established during the 1960s to replace the town's original Victorian infirmary.
		His decision to side with the health authority, he says, was based purely on professional advice: some local GPs and sections of an independent report by the medical charity the King's Fund supported the cuts, on the grounds that Kidderminster hospital was too small to continue providing a full range of surgery.
		Other PFI hospitals have been widely criticised for the penny-pinching and shoddiness of their designs; when Worcester is shown to be inadequate, the Health Concern argument goes, the health authority will be forced to re-open the mothballed sections of Kidderminster.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4369606,00.html (4022 words)

	Independent Health -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Health can be defined negatively, as the absence of illness, functionally, as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fitness and well-being.
		The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and does not consist only of the absence of disease or infirmity." Though this is a useful and accurate definition, some would consider it idealistic and non-realistic.
		In order to feel health, people need to feel that they look well, are functioning as well as they always have, and that no external or internal risk imminently endangers their healthful state.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/78/independent-health.html (861 words)

	Independent (politician) Did You Mean independent_(politician) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Recent independent candidates for U.S. President include John Anderson in 1980, Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader in 2004.
		Current independent UK MPs are Peter Law (MP for Blaenau Gwent) and Richard Taylor, sole member of the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern party (MP for Wyre Forest).
		Another independent UK MP in recent times is Martin Bell (MP for Tatton from 1997 to 2001).
	www.did-you-mean.com /Independent_03politician04.html (231 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Guardian daily comment \| Whatever happened to ... Kidderminster hospital?
		Kidderminster hit the national news in 2001 when Richard Taylor, a retired local doctor, stood as an independent in the general election and won with a majority of 17,630.
		It was the apogee of a campaign that had started at grassroots level with protests against the proposed downgrading of Kidderminster hospital.
		Last June, a Birmingham University report claiming that Kidderminster's downgrading had caused little variation in standards of health provision was criticised by Dr Taylor for failing to assess the "emotional cost" of the changes.
	www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,,1764213,00.html?gusrc=rss (597 words)

	Need for Democracy/Sources
		Hewitt may have in mind the suggestion by Paul Corrigan, Blair's health adviser, to "bypass all forms of intermediary and allow groups of patients to self organise and petition their PCTs directly, with the PCT obliged to respond to a petition by having to invite more primary care providers to come to a location".
		He went on to lay out how the introduction of market based systems into the NHS would mean "waves of extinction through public services in order to get the kind of innovation that markets produce." He said that a system that remained "collectively funded and publicly controlled" would not accept such a change.
		Health activist and Amicus union executive member Gill George said, "They were discussing better communication with the public while refusing to talk to us.
	www.healthdemocracy.org.uk /healthdemocracy.org.uk/Democracy/DemocraticHealthAuthorities/NeedforDemocracy/Sources.htm (4415 words)

	Wyre Forest/Sources
		Kidderminster Health Concern's candidate Richard Taylor, a retired consultant, has enjoyed a groundswell of support for his campaign against the downgrading of Kidderminster hospital's facil ities, and his party already holds the balance of power on Wyre Forest district council.
		Dr Richard Taylor (rtd) is standing for the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern party.
		Dr Richard Taylor, the new independent MP for Wyre Forest, in his first month in parliament explains how it feels to be the new boy in the Commons.
	www.healthdemocracy.org.uk /healthdemocracy.org.uk/Democracy/Elections/GeneralElection2001/WyreForest/Sources.htm (312 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Hereford/Worcs \| Report into downgraded hospital
		The decision in 2000 to close A&E at Kidderminster Hospital led to the election of independent Dr Richard Taylor in place of the Labour MP.
		But despite concerns about casualty and other acute services being moved 15 miles away to the Worcestershire Royal Hospital, a three-year study has concluded there has been little variation in so-called measures of health, such as death rates.
		He said some of his constituents are now forced to travel 30 miles to the PFI hospital in Worcester instead of 10 miles to use NHS emergency care facilities in Kidderminster.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/4615337.stm (367 words)

	Politics \| Hospital campaigner retains seat
		Dr Richard Taylor, who stood as part of a campaign to save his local hospital from closure, held on to his seat in Wyre Forest with 18,739 votes, giving him a 5,250 majority ahead of Conservative candidate Mark Garnier.
		Dr Taylor, who stood on an Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern ticket, took a 39.9% share of the vote yesterday - nearly 20% down on his 2001 victory.
		The retired rheumatologist originally swept to power after voters backed his campaign to save his local Kidderminster hospital from closure, unseating Mr Lock, who had gone on to become a government minister.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5187767-115819,00.html (184 words)

	Independent (politician) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 2006, there are 15 major Independent candidates for statewide office, including Bernie Sanders.
		Finally, in Texas, country music singer and mystery novelist Kinky Friedman and State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn both received several times the number of signatures needed to place them on the gubernatorial ballot.Doctor Piotr Blass is running for Florida Governor as an independent candidate.
		A sixteenth candidate, entrepreneur and community activist John Dashler recently dropped out of the race for Governor of Georgia after he was unable to collect 40,000 signatures to gain ballot access.
	www.santabarbaracaus.com /topic/Independent_(politics) (1516 words)

	Tribune 5th. January 2001 Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		STRIKING hospital workers in Dudley are to stand a candidate against an incumbent local Labour MP at the next general election, as part of an on-going campaign to resist the transfer of their contracts to the private sector under the Private Finance Initiative.
		The strikers' candidate will stand either as an independent or a Socialist Alliance candidate against Dudley South Labour MP Ian Pearson who, according to the striking hospital workers, was committed to opposing the PFI scheme at the last general election but has since denounced the strike action.
		The Dudley strikers are also planning protests in the constituencies of health ministers to put more presure on the Labour government to abandon plans to privatise public sector jobs at the Dudley group of hospitals.
	www.tribweb.co.uk /extract05012001.htm (729 words)

	Dr. Richard Taylor. M.P. for Wyre Forest, North Worcesterhire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Richard Taylor is the only Independent MP in the House of Commons, retaining his seat in 2005 (the only Independent MP since the Second World to remain in place for a second term).
		Health trainers are a support for people in communities who need additional help with healthy choices for their lifestyles.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Foster Review of non-medical health regulation is expected to be published; and how much time she expects to make available for consultation about its recommendations.
	www.doctortaylor.info (1095 words)

	Paul Flynn MP - Newport West - Hot News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		THE demeanour of Dr Richard Taylor, the retired consultant who became only the second independent candidate in almost 60 years to win a seat in parliament, is in stark contrast to the slick, professional young politicians who increasingly dominate the Commons.
		Striding defiantly into The Glades Leisure Centre in Kidderminster, weary-eyed after back-to-back interviews and less than three hours' sleep, Dr Taylor said he was confident that as the chairman of the Health Concern political party he could represent the wishes and concerns of Wyre Forest at Westminster.
		He is against a ban on hunting, is anti-Europe and believes that people should have the right to receive private health care or send their children to private school.
	www.paulflynnmp.co.uk /hotnewsdetail.jsp?id=466 (559 words)

	Google Directory - Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Society and Culture > Politics > Independents
		The campaign to maintain emergency health care facilities at Kidderminster Hospital which has elected Dr. Richard Taylor as an independent MP as well as a majority of the local council.
		BBC News profile of Dr Richard Taylor, Independent MP for Wyre Forest who was elected on a platform of fighting cuts to Kidderminster Hospital.
		Group of Independent councillors sitting on the Wiltshire County and District Council and affiliated with the Wessex Regional Group of Independents.
	google.fr /Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Independents (202 words)

	New Statesman - Parties fear the K-factor
		Today, Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern has 21 seats on the district council, six county councillors and a fair spread in two adjoining boroughs.
		Far from being a typical "party conference", this event was a chance for prospective independent candidates from all over the UK to share their experiences of fighting the three-party system and holding local and national government to account.
		Turner stood as an independent for the seat in the Scottish Parliament vacated by Sam Galbraith, a former minister - she came a close second, and cut Labour's majority by 16 per cent.
	www.newstatesman.com /200302240011 (834 words)

	Richard Taylor (UK politician) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Dr Richard Taylor (born July 7, 1934) is an English medical doctor turned politician, and the only independent MP elected to the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom, having run as the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate.
		He campaigned on a single issue; that of keeping Kidderminster Hospital open, and won with a majority of 18,000 - defeating the incumbent Labour MP, David Lock.
		Before entering politics he had been a consultant at the hospital.
	www.publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/r/ri/richard_taylor__uk_politician_.html (133 words)

	Tribune Articles 11th. May 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lock, is being challenged by Dr. Richard Taylor, a leading opponent of the closure of the accident and emergency ward at local Kidderminster Hospital.
		Taylor, a hospital consultant of 23 years experience, will be representing the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern campaign, whose members seized control of the local district council from Labour last year during the campaign to save the AandE ward.
		The crash inquiry, chaired by retired rail engineer John Mitchell, says it cannot reconcile the various conflicting accounts over the failure to repair the track, partly because: "A dozen Railtrack employees and one former Railtrack worker were advised by lawyers not to give oral evidence to the inquiry in case of future prosecution".
	www.tribweb.co.uk /extract11052001.htm (1933 words)

	Britain: Wyre Forest protest vote exposes limitation of single-issue politics
		Patients in Kidderminster requiring emergency services and intensive care would have to travel 18 miles to the nearest unit, despite the fact that a new wing, with up to date operating theatres, wards, an intensive care unit and outpatient accommodation, had only just been completed in the town's hospital in 1995.
		When Kidderminster hospital closed in September last year, Richard Taylor, a leader of the Health Concern campaign, decided to contest the general election in his local constituency.
		On the question of funding, he called for the earmarking a proportion of income tax for the NHS, but "extra resources would not be released to health service providers unless their services were shown to be operating at peak efficiency without the gross waste and stupidity that occurs in the NHS now".
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/jun2001/wyre-j15_prn.shtml (1539 words)

	Health Concern Candidates - 2002
		I am pleased to offer myself as your Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate for, together, we should ensure that party politica do not get in the way of the real needs of Broadwaters.
		Married with two children I have lived in Kidderminster for 22 years and worked at the hospital from 1983 until taking redundancy in 2001.
		Currently, a Nursing Auxiliary at the hospital via The Staff Bank, Community and Mental Health Trust, I've been an active Hospital Campaigner from 1997: in 'the shop', lobbying Parliament and working to get Dr. Richard Taylor elected.
	www.healthconcern.org.uk /Broadwaters.htm (460 words)

	Freeindiamedia.com, Express your impartial, radical, grassroot views on current issues. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Within limits, the measure has proved relatively popular amongst the working class, who are completely dependent upon the NHS, despite the fact that the across the board tax hike hits their incomes most heavily.
		These include a residents group in Elmbridge and the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern (IKHHC), in Wyre Forest.
		This last result is perhaps most emblematic of the character of the entire election-one entirely removed from the concerns and interests of working people, and therefore of little interest, much less excitement.
	www.freeindiamedia.com /britain/25_may_britain.htm (967 words)

	List of web sites about Politics: Independents
		Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern - The campaign to maintain emergency health care facilities at Kidderminster Hospital which has elected Dr. Richard Taylor as an independent MP as well as a majority of the local council.
		Trust me, I'm a doctor - BBC News profile of Dr Richard Taylor, Independent MP for Wyre Forest who was elected on a platform of fighting cuts to Kidderminster Hospital.
		Wiltshire Independent Group - Group of Independent councillors sitting on the Wiltshire County and District Council and affiliated with the Wessex Regional Group of Independents.
	www.kub.it /dir/569549 (244 words)

	InterSites: Independent
		This category covers politicians who do not belong to a particular party, such as the former news reporter Martin Bell, who won a seat in the 1997 General Election in Tatton, Cheshire - what was thought to be a one of the safest Conservative seats in the country.
		There are currently 2 independent candidates in the House of Commons: Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent) and Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest).
		Taylor first ran in 2001 as the 'Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern' candidate, initially campaigning on a single issue: that of keeping Kidderminster Hospital open.
	www.intersites.co.uk /10681 (151 words)

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