Phil's Rude Health Show and Confessions of a Doctor. They were broadcast of BBC Radio 4 Extra in August 2011. He returned to the Edinburgh Fringe for the eighth time in 2011. In September 2013 he began touring the UK with a new show, Games to Play with Your Doctor. Hammond did two shows at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe: Life and Death (But Mainly Death) and Dr Phil's NHS Revolution. He toured them together as Dr Phil's Health Revolution in 2017. Non-medical broadcasting Hammond co-presented The Heaven and Earth Show on BBC1 with Juliet Morris in 2000. He presented two series for BBC Radio 4 of Pillories of the State in 1999/2000 and presents the Music Group, also on Radio 4 (sixth series 2011). Hammond has also frequently appeared as a guest in the Dictionary Corner on Countdown. Hammond was a presenter for BBC Radio Bristol from 2007, broadcasting on Saturday mornings until on 21 August 2018, he was sacked from the show, after announcing his intention to stand for election as an MP for the National Health Action Party, in the constituency of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Politics While a junior doctor, Hammond contested the 1992 general election under the title "Struck Off and Die Doctor's Alliance". He ran in the Bristol West constituency against William Waldegrave, the then Secretary of State for Health, capturing 87 votes. He was one of those who broke the Bristol heart scandal in 1992 and was later called to give evidence at the subsequent enquiry. In 2009, Hammond broke allegations about pathology misdiagnosis in Bristol, the subject of an independent inquiry chaired by Jane Mishcon. He also campaigned for an inquiry into the sacking of Cornwall chief executive John Watkinson. His Private Eye columns are available on his website. In July 2011, Hammond co-authored a Private Eye special investigation with Andrew Bousfield called Shoot the Messenger, exposing the shocking treatment of NHS whistleblowers and how large sums of public money are used to silence them and cover up their concerns. It triggered an early day motion in Parliament by Peter Bottomley, MP. Hammond and Bousfield also launched a website dedicated to NHS staff, patients and relatives who have highlighted concerns about safety in the NHS. They were involved in referring Barbara Hakin to the General Medical Council. In August 2018 he announced his intention to stand for election as an MP for the National Health