He works in a highly specialised area-nursing people recovering from burns and plastic surgery. UCLH management sacked him when he was leading a strike to stop ancillary staff being forced to do more than one job to make up for staff cuts. Outrage from workers in the hospital and local area forced management to reinstate him the day before an indefinite strike was due to start. Dave and Candy led the campaign against the privatisation of UCLH hospitals through a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) scheme in 1998-9.