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Dr Tony O'Sullivan

Co-Chair, Keep Our NHS Public

Keep Our NHS Public is based in Lewisham North (London) — the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

Press citations

2

Topic

1

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Dr Tony O'Sullivan: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Co-Chair
Organisation
Keep Our NHS Public
Organisation based in
Lewisham North
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Tracked press citations
2
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

Who Dr Tony O'Sullivan is

Dr Tony O'Sullivan is a retired consultant paediatrician, formerly specialising in childhood disability in Lewisham, who has served as co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) since December 2015. KONP is a national campaigning organisation opposed to NHS underfunding, privatisation and service cuts, with local groups across England. He was a founding member of the Campaign for the NHS Reinstatement Bill from June 2014 and has been vice-chair of Health Campaigns Together since April 2018. He is a member of the Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign, which in 2013 successfully took the then Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to court to prevent the closure of the local A&E and acute hospital. He is regularly quoted in national media—including the Guardian, Morning Star, LBC, Talk TV, BBC and Sky News—arguing against NHS privatisation, private-sector profiteering from NHS contracts, and underfunding of the health service.

“Donald Trump's demands for higher drug prices are set to drain an estimated £45bn from the NHS over the next decade. At a time when patients are waiting longer than ever for treatment, handing over billions more to US pharmaceutical giants is like trying to put out a fire while pouring petrol on the flames.”

References for this biography

  1. 1.The Team – Keep Our NHS Public — Confirms co-chair role from December 2015, retired paediatrician background in Lewisham, Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign membership, founding role in NHS Reinstatement Bill campaign, and vice-chair of Health Campaigns Together.
  2. 2.Press – Keep Our NHS Public — Confirms organisational press email and lists media appearances by Dr O'Sullivan including LBC, confirming ongoing spokesperson role.
  3. 3.Labour should have ended Palantir NHS contract after warnings from officials, campaigners say — Confirms Dr O'Sullivan quoted as KONP co-chairman in press coverage (Morning Star, February 2026) on NHS data contracts.
  4. 4.Keep Our NHS Public (@keepnhspublic) on X — KONP official X account identifies @DrTonyOSullivan as co-chair in multiple posts, confirming X account attribution.
  5. 5.Tony O'Sullivan – Tribune Magazine — Describes him as retired paediatrician and co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public; confirms public commentary role.
  6. 6.Tony O'Sullivan – Jacobin — Further confirms role as retired paediatrician and co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public.

Notable achievements

  • Member of Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign, which successfully challenged Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the High Court in 2013 to prevent the closure of Lewisham's A&E and acute hospital services. Source ↗
  • Founding member of the Campaign for the NHS Reinstatement Bill from June 2014. Source ↗
  • Appointed vice-chair of Health Campaigns Together in April 2018. Source ↗
  • Quoted by the Morning Star (February 2026) calling on Labour to end the £300 million NHS Palantir contract. Source ↗

What Dr Tony O'Sullivan has said

  • “Given that many patients with mental health needs already face long delays before getting NHS care, cutting services as dramatically as ELFT proposes will inevitably mean that some of those in dire need of its help will inevitably go private to get the treatment they need”

    co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services ↗

Where Dr Tony O'Sullivan has been quoted

  1. Burnham urged to ditch ‘dangerous’ UK-US NHS drug dealtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
  2. NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and servicestheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

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Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.