tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54148861687061052232024-03-14T08:08:40.485-07:00Social InvestigationsResearch - NHS - corruptionSocial investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-12615965328304513532014-07-31T08:25:00.000-07:002014-08-01T03:52:20.521-07:00Healthcare UK: A Conduit for Market expansion? Part one of a Two Part Report<style>
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--</style><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Healthcare
UK was set up in order to sell NHS expertise abroad, but following a series of
Freedom of Information requests, Social Investigations can reveal that far from
benefitting the NHS, 80 per cent of all contracts gained through Healthcare UK
have ended up in private hands.<br />
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Memoranda of Understandings made between China and the UK show that in exchange
for financial support for UK companies from Chinese investment, the government
has promised to provide information on UK health ‘policy’ and offer China’s
main financial investment arm access to ‘confidential’ information.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
vast majority of corporations involved in the international agreements are kept
hidden through commercial confidentiality but enough evidence has emerged to
show how Healthcare UK acts as a conduit for commercial companies in a bid to
expand the ‘domestic market’ here in the UK as well as increasing the market abroad.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is Healthcare UK, unlocking deals for UK companies, some of who are based in
tax havens and whose investors have donated to the Conservative party. All in
the name of the NHS.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Good news for the NHS”</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
original idea of exporting UK health expertise began under the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleasesarchive/DH_114599"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Labour</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> government, and took place towards the
very end of their tenure. The intent behind this project according to then
Health Secretary Andy Burnham, was to tap into the “exceptional knowledge and
intelligence within the NHS” with “investment of taxpayers’ money and funds
raised going straight back into (the) NHS.” In addition the Labour government
wanted to </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/darzi-to-export-nhs-ideas-abroad/11028708.article#.U7lhVKjf_u0"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">generate</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ‘demand in international markets’
and broker ‘partnerships’ of an unspecified nature.<br />
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By the time Labour had lost the election, NHS Global as it was then known, had failed
to gain any </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/money-spinning-scheme-to-sell-nhs-abroad-fails-to-win-single-contract/13176472.article#.UzxGC17f_u0"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">contracts</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for the NHS or anyone else through
the programme. This lack of interest didn’t deter the coalition, who continued the
project with a similar </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19328105"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">message</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that selling the NHS abroad
was “good news for patients” and the NHS.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the coalition’s 2011 ‘Plan for Budget Growth’ the government provided a snippet
of detail beyond the sound bites that had hitherto emerged (though not much),
of what activity would take place abroad. <br />
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‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Government’ it said, ‘will
establish a proactive, entrepreneurial NHS Global to make the most of the NHS
brand internationally and to offer support and advice to NHS trusts</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">…act as a point of contact for
NHS organisations’ to create ‘international customers’ and ‘international opportunities.’
Furthermore, the new NHS Global would ‘represent the interests of the NHS and
allow the NHS to shape the final business model.’ <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
programme was eventually named Healthcare UK, a joint </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">initiative between the Department of
Health, the newly formed NHS England and UK Trade and Investment. Not long
after its launch, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Health Minister Anne Milton </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19328105"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">said</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is good
news for NHS patients, who will get better services at their local hospital as
a result of the work the NHS is doing abroad and the extra investment that will
generate”.</span></div>
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Yet despite these claims, a freedom of information request revealed that just 2
out of 21 contracts obtained through Healthcare UK have gone to ‘public’
organisations, with the vast bulk of 17 ending up in the hands of private
companies worth over £281 million.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The beneficiaries</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Records
of individual contracts won through Healthcare UK, that resulted in an export
or non-export deal are termed “business wins”. Information provided to
Healthcare UK on these “business wins”, is considered by UK Trade and
Investment of which Healthcare UK is a part, to be ‘commercially confidential’
and therefore hidden from pubic view. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">According
to a Department of Health spokesperson, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">there
is no “such public interest in favour of disclosure…Any unauthorised disclosure
of commercially confidential information would be detrimental to companies and
would give rise to an actionable breach of confidence…there is a strong public
interest in maintaining the confidence in order to secure successful outcomes
for British businesses and the attendant economic improvements for the
country.” In other words corporate success is more important than the public’s
right to know.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Concern
over what contracts are being gained and what commercial companies are benefitting
is heightened by the fact that Serco, who are under investigation by the
Serious Fraud Squad, sit on the Healthcare UK </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/healthcare-uk/about/our-governance"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">board</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
block on information also prevents us knowing who the two ‘public’ organisations
are, listed as having won contracts worth £251,000. Are they NHS organisations
or not? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rather
confusingly, a further information request directed at the Department for
Business Innovation and Skills (DBIS), said NHS organisations have achieved “£45
million of business wins” through support from Healthcare UK. However, as the
DBIS admitted, they do not keep records of revenue generated by NHS
institutions through Healthcare UK, or whether those institutions were already
exporting their expertise prior to the existence of Healthcare UK. It would
appear; the Department of Health, Healthcare UK and UK Trade and Investment
don’t know what one another are doing or saying.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">One
NHS organisation that has expanded abroad is The Leeds Teaching Hospitals, who
signed a MOU with the King Hussein Cancer Centre of Jordan in 2013. Whether
this agreement is part of the NHS "business wins" is not certain because
Healthcare UK has blocked the information. In keeping with the general secrecy
surrounding these deals, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals also cited “commercial
interests” for refusing to answer what costs were involved in running the MOU
with Jordan and or any revenue that may have been gained. In echoes of the
response from the Department of Health, a spokesperson for the Teaching
Hospitals said withholding of this information was more in the “public
interest” than any “accountability, transparency, and financial probity”. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Those that we know</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
Earl Howe was questioned on Healthcare UK in the House of Lords, he said, the
new trade arm, which has an annual cost of £3 million to run, would </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/130214-0001.htm#13021468000635"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">not</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “just apply to a few elite
organisations.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite
most companies preferring anonymity, a few companies have given permission for
their names to be public and it would appear the elite are well and
truly present. <br />
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One successful company in a Chinese deal, is accountancy giant KPMG, who have
signed up as a business consultant for </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a ‘high-end
private hospital project’ in Beijing. They will work alongside multinational
contractor Arup, who will design the building. <br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another
beneficiary of Healthcare’s global expansion is Circle Partnership, whose background
and presence in the highest echelons of government, highlights exactly why those
gaining contracts must be made public. <br />
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Circle are part-funded by Odey Management Ltd, who are </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=4251"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">based</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in the low tax jurisdiction
of the Cayman Islands. One of the main shareholders is Robin Odey who has given
£251,000 to the Conservative party. Circle’s former employees Nick Seddon and
Christina Robinson work in the No10 Health policy unit and as a special adviser
to Jeremy Hunt respectively. It would appear that moving from a private health
company into the power base of government is a </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-house-of-circle.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">natural</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> career path these days. </span></div>
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Further parliamentary connections to Circle include Conservative peer </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-higgins/1067"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Baron Higgins of Worthing</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">, who holds in excess of
£50,000 worth of shares in Lansdowne UK Equity Fund, another investor in
Circle. In case that isn’t concerning enough, Circle Holdings, the controlling
body of Circle, is based in the low tax jurisdiction of Jersey; quite how that
benefits the NHS and its patients is unclear. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Circle’s involvement?</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Circle’s
involvement in China is connected to CITIC Trust Co, part of China’s main
investment group. In a government press </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-boost-to-uk-economy-as-healthcare-trade-deals-with-china-sealed"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">release</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at the end of last year it
said, Healthcare UK has “signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the CITIC
Trust and Circle Partnership to unlock commercial deals for UK companies in
areas such as primary care services, to provide integrated care and education
and training.” In addition, according to their website, Circle will help </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.circlepartnership.co.uk/about-circle/media/government-announces-circle-partnership-deal-in-china"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">develop</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ‘</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">integrated healthcare services for elderly patients’ and a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">ct as an adviser on ‘clinical’
matters. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet,
despite the government trumpeting Circle Partnership’s involvement, Healthcare
UK apparently has no idea what Circle is actually doing in China. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
response to a request on Circle’s involvement in Healthcare UK and what
information they may be privy to, the government said, “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We are not aware of any contract between CITIC and <span class="il">Circle</span>
to perform this function (of unlocking deals) and within the CITIC-<span class="il">Healthcare</span> <span class="il">UK</span> MOU no individual company
is identified to carry out this function.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What is known, is that Conservative MP Ken Clarke, who
recently resigned from his post as the Minister without portfolio, met with </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;">Paolo
Pieri, CFO and Tom Muir, the Director of Communications of Circle Partnership in
June last year. According to the Cabinet Office, “They discussed the Healthcare
UK priority markets of China, the Middle East and Brazil, with a focus on
forthcoming events and trade missions…Circle outlined their overseas
interests”. It sounds highly improbable that they do not know Circle’s role is in
China.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moreover,
if so many contracts are landing in the hands of private companies, how can Healthcare
UK claim to be for the benefit of the NHS? After all this was the justification
given for selling the ‘NHS brand’ abroad and based on Circle’s role of
unlocking ‘commercial deals for UK companies’, it would seem the NHS won’t get
a look in. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
the NHS is not benefiting, then who is and in what way? </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is part two of a two part report on Healthcare UK. </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">See part one</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/healthcare-uk-conduit-for-market-part_31.html">here</a> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">first</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Expand the ‘domestic market’</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
The use of the ‘</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/130214-0001.htm"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">NHS brand</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">’ to sell healthcare abroad
has greatly benefited commercial organisations, with over 80% of contracts
landing in private hands. This disproportion towards private healthcare
contracts is also taking place on a much larger scale in the NHS. Since the
Health and Social Care Act officially began in April 2012, research carried out
by the NHS Support Foundation revealed 70% of NHS </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25660555"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">contracts</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> have ended up with private
firms amounting to billions of pounds worth of income. <br />
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What this amounts to is an aggressive expansion of the UK healthcare market,
which although not mentioned in government propaganda, is their intent.
Healthcare UK was also meant to benefit the NHS, but contained in the memorandum
signed between Healthcare UK and the Chinese Ministry of Health, it is clear
that the main areas of cooperation are designed towards channeling contract
opportunities towards private companies. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">See
Appendix 1</i><br />
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The financial awards from China are potentially </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-china-trade-visit-healthcare-deals-david-526835"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">immense</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> with David Cameron claiming
the Chinese healthcare market will grow by $400 billion by 2017. China is
seeking to develop a “safe, effective, convenient and affordable” healthcare
system to both urban and rural areas by 2020; furthermore, Premier Li Keqiang
recently </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.capx.co/china-private-firms-able-to-play-a-bigger-role/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">stated</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> he wants to “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">open the door for private capital”. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is no wonder Cameron wants
the UK private sector to be a part of that process.</span></div>
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A further MOU held between Healthcare UK and CITIC Trust, a Chinese investment
arm of the CITIC Group, reveals the extent of cooperation required for their
partnership to work. ‘Citic’ it reads, will provide ‘financial support for
selected UK healthcare companies wanting to ‘extend their business in China’.
In return, Healthcare UK will act as a ‘source of information’ on the ‘UK
healthcare industry’, receive access to health ‘policy’, ‘confidential’
information, as well as be invited to form partnerships with ‘UK healthcare organisations.’<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
asked about the nature of the ‘confidential’ and policy information provided to
CITIC, Ian Cranshaw the Chinese lead for Healthcare UK said, “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The confidential information referred to would likely be commercial
in confidence type information”. However, he failed to address the policy information
that would be imparted. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Will
CITIC be in advance notice of policy so that it can better select its
investments? Will CITIC receive policy before parliament or the people? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
secretive nature of Healthcare UK beyond the marketing publications that adorn
its website, means such questions remain unanswered. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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opportunities for private companies don’t end there. A further MOU made between
Healthcare UK and the health Bureau of the Eastern coastal province of Zhejiang
contains a much wider level of agreement. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">These
include the design of ‘Health policy and regulation’, ‘Training Medical Staff’,
establishing primary care provision, and ‘Systems for national and private
insurance’. In addition Healthcare UK will find UK companies to aid China in ‘public
and private hospital finance, construction, operation and regulation (PFI)’. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
policy of PFI in the UK has been catastrophic for the NHS with the treasury
predicting a total financial </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jul/05/pfi-cost-300bn"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">burden</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of £242 billion. PFI continues to plague
NHS Hospital Trusts to the point of near </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/616727e8-be38-11e3-961f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2yIwgc4dv"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">bankruptcy</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">, which led to the first
takeover of the running of an NHS hospital in Cambridgeshire by Healthcare UK
beneficiaries Circle. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elite
private companies largely run PFI, and it is the cruelest of irony that more
PFI opportunities should be made by using the ‘NHS brand’. Companies like
construction firm Interserve, who have Conservative Peer Lord Blackwell as a
director, have </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3938bcb6-1478-11e2-8ef2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz375d09024"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">raked</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.cnplus.co.uk/companies/contractors/interserve/interserve-sells-london-hospital-pfi-stake-for-35m/8634076.article#.U77pvajf_u0"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">millions</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of pounds through selling
some of their PFI interests. Serco and Carillion, who both have representatives
on the board of Healthcare UK, have also gained major revenue through PFI schemes,
and this particular avenue in China, will do nothing for the NHS. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
order to gain “business wins” in the Zhejiang province, Healthcare UK provides
pilot programmes from which they aim to gain contracts for those involved. Yet
here again, Mr Cranshaw explained “the pilots involve private UK companies rather than NHS
institutions”, and as the pilot schemes are ongoing, what these pilot schemes
are and who is involved face commercial restrictions.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The government
has claimed the three agreements with China will </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-boost-to-uk-economy-as-healthcare-trade-deals-with-china-sealed"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">provide</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> £120 million to the UK
economy, though how they have reached that sum is currently unclear and a
request for a breakdown of these figures has been made. Of course any deals
that are confirmed will not necessarily have the names of the companies
attached and so we will be unclear whether those gaining contracts are based in
low tax jurisdictions; have donated to any political party or indeed held
meetings with government officials. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
push to be involved in the global healthcare market is well under way. Private
companies dominate the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/271480/Healthcare_UK_China_and_the_UK.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">list</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of firms put forward by Healthcare UK to
operate in China and the contracts won. <br />
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The NHS is staring into the barrel of the Health and Social Care Act
legislative gun, weighed down by debt and deliberate underfunding. The idea
that an overstretched NHS can compete financially or even manage to operate an
international trade arm is highly questionable. Healthcare UK appears as yet
another government vehicle designed for the market over that of the NHS that
has very little intention to benefit patients. <br />
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When the government announced the Chinese deal, the NHS was not </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-boost-to-uk-economy-as-healthcare-trade-deals-with-china-sealed"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">mentioned</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in their press release and based
on the contracts won and the money gained so far, the NHS will be but a minor
beneficiary of the global expansion that markets in their name. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Digital healthcare</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – Multiple commercial companies
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Healthcare training and education</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – this could be NHS but
majority of organisations mentioned in the Healthcare UK </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/china-and-the-uk-partners-in-healthcare--2"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">publication</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ‘China and the UK: partners
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a GP system</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> -
Circle<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">Scandal brings change. Scandal was the
catalyst for the introduction of the Register of Members Interests. Scandal was
responsible for the Code of Conduct that now, albeit insufficiently, guides
parliamentary behaviour. Scandal tightens the rules and forces an increase in transparency.
In times of scandal, parliament is vulnerable, and when scandal takes place
near election time, then it can often prompt promises that would otherwise not
be made. </span>
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When the expenses scandal broke, the 2010 election was just around the corner.
Faced with a huge public backlash, all three parties promised to introduce a
policy that would allow for constituents to carry out a petition to recall
their MP from office if they were found to have carried out any ‘serious
wrongdoing’. The Conservative <a href="http://conservativehome.blogs.com/files/conservative-manifesto-2010.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">manifesto</b></a>, said if such behaviour
took place, then it would </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">act as a trigger that will allow a petition to be
raised, and if that petition was signed by at least 10% of the electorate, then
this would kick-start a by-election. </span><span lang="EN-US">No longer would
the voting public have to rely on an MP having enough dignity to resign from
their position or for the local party to de-select them. The Recall policy,
which also entered the coalition <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78977/coalition_programme_for_government.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">agreement</b></a>, would increase the power
of the electorate, act as a genuine threat to any MP thinking of <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/patrick-mercer-banned-from-parliament-for-six-months-following-lobbying-scandal-9302998.html">acting</a>
like a Patrick Mercer and go some way to restoring trust in a parliament often
seen as a detriment to democracy. <br />
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Such a policy is not new. By the beginning of this century, a form of recall
was already implemented at some level of government in around 24 countries
worldwide, including; six of the 26 Swiss cantons, the Canadian Province of
British Columbia, Venezuela, the Philippines, South Korea, Argentina and
Taiwan.’ <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="note5"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">House of Commons Library Standard Note,
Recall Elections, Charley Coleman and Oonagh Gay, January 2012, p 4;
International IDEA,</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Direct Democracy:
the International IDEA Handbook</i>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>2008,
p 115 </a><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmpolcon/373/37304.htm#n5">Back</a></span></div>
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The UK government is playing catch up, but they are reluctant to even do that.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A White Paper on Recall was put forward,
which was roundly condemned by the select <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/political-and-constitutional-reform-committee/news/recall-of-mps-chairs-comments/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">committee</b></a> on Political and
Constitutional Reform, as being so restricted, that under the government
proposals, “constituents themselves would not be able to initiate a recall
petition.” This intentionally “weakened effort” they said, would do nothing to
“increase public confidence in politics…and could even reduce confidence by
creating expectations that are not fulfilled.”</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> Furthermore, they felt there was no “gap in
the disciplinary procedures” that needed filling by the introduction of Recall.
Rather, they suggested </span><span lang="EN-US">the power to expel Members who
are guilty of serious wrongdoing should be used, which as we know has only
taken place in three times in the last century.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>This they concluded “should be regarded as an active option;
rather than a theoretical possibility.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This too however, would leave the sanction
to be imposed on MPs in their own hands.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Part of the problem was their ability to
agree on the ambiguous definition of ‘serious wrongdoing’ and what would amount
to a trigger for a by-election. A YouGov survey carried out last year asked the
public what behaviour they thought should act as a trigger. After all, if this
policy was about empowering the electorate, then presumably they would want a
say. The survey provided eleven options ranging from ‘a crime serious enough to
receive a prison sentence’, ‘taking bribes’, or ‘lying in Parliament.’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The Parliamentary Commissioner for
Standards, John Lyon, felt that the best <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmpolcon/373/37305.htm#a4"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">guide</b></a> to go by would be if anybody
breached the code of conduct. However, there is clearly a difference between
somebody forgetting to declare an interest in a debate, compared to somebody
offering access to policy in exchange for money. One of the other suggested
‘triggers’ for Recall would be if an MP was given a custodial sentence of
twelve months or less. Professor Anne Twomey is an expert in constitutional law
based in Australia with extensive knowledge of Recall systems in other
countries. She suggests the ‘primary types of actions for which voters would
like the opportunity to recall Members are those that involve the misuse or
abuse of a Member's position and do not usually involve prison terms—such as
breaches of entitlements, acts of dishonesty, misuse of parliamentary
privilege, nepotism, making decisions that favour family members or business
associates, and the like.’ </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/235923/8640.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">promise</b></a> of Recall, made in the face
of rising public anger at the widespread abuse of the expenses system, was
first weakened, and then dropped, which led to a blame game within the
coalition as to where the blame lay. The failure of the Conservative party to
keep to their election promise greatly angered one their own MPs, Zac
Goldsmith, who had pushed for the policy to be realised and <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0050/13050.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">created</b></a> his own version of the
Bill. “Parties can stuff their manifestos full of clever promises” he said, “but
if voters don't believe them, they may as well present blank sheets…How is it
possible that our leaders still don't understand that the single biggest cause
of people's hatred of them is deceit?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Then up stepped the Queen to announce the
government would indeed introduce a Recall bill would be created but the power
remains in the hands of MPs who will effectively be able to veto a move for
recall.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The hammer blow for democracy, transparency
and localism amounts to the equivalent of government laughing in the face of
the electorate. When their hands were caught in the taxpayer’s pockets, for
flipping mortgages, redecorating, getting media training, hanging baskets, dog
food, duck ponds, bath mats, gardening, you name it, then they were only too
quick to apologise and promise Recall.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Nobody was saying introducing a Recall bill
was simple, but to leave it in the hands of the very same people who created
the scandal that required the bill is to laugh in the face of the public and
make a mockery of their apology to the public over their excessive and
sometimes criminal pilfering of public money.</span></div>
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Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-11477726434790445612014-05-20T05:05:00.000-07:002014-05-20T05:06:44.062-07:00Mass EU call for transparency in US/EU trade talks<style>
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As the 5<sup>th</sup> round of negotiations on the US/EU
free trade agreement kicks off in the US, 250 organisations, including from the
UK, have today sent a joint letter to EU Trade Commissioner, Karel de Gucht,
demanding transparency in this massive but secretive deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The letter, signed by a broad range of consumer, union,
environment and other organisations calls for negotiating texts for the
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to be released to the
public<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, </b>as well as information on ‘who
is lobbying who’ in relation to the deal.</div>
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Although there is some talk of the Commission releasing its
negotiating mandate (which was leaked a year ago), the actual offers being <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">made on behalf of 850 million people</b>
are still secret, with the intention to keep the negotiating texts secret until
TTIP negotiations are complete. </div>
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The main thrust of TTIP is ‘harmonising’ the regulations of
the US and the EU – across all areas. There are big differences between the EU
and US in health and safety regulatory protection. Thus civil society groups
are concerned that standards e.g. on food and chemical safety, data protection
and public service models, will be degraded -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with this happening behind closed doors. </div>
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<i>‘It’s absolutely unacceptable that key TTIP
documents are not only being kept from the public, but that MPs are not
allowed to know what is going forward in this supposed ‘trade’ deal either.
This joint statement shows the breadth of resistance to this</i> <i>secrecy’</i>
according to Linda Kaucher of StopTTIP uk.<i> </i></div>
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This deal will allow corporations to sue governments<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>for varying regulations after
commitments are made and signed up. Yet the commitments being made are being
kept secret. </div>
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The organisations are therefore calling for step-by-step
release of the negotiating texts, in all chapters of the agreement, and also of
records of the lobbying meetings that have taken place for this
corporate-agenda deal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
letter references EU commitments to ‘right-to-know’ and to promoting public
participation in the Aarhus Convention.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Joint letter</b> to
Trade Commissioner calling for transparency:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Contact</b>: Linda
Kaucher <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for StopTTIP uk<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>0207 265 9307, 0777 043 5321 Website
stopTTIP.net</div>
Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-34320484994400559272014-05-20T04:55:00.000-07:002014-05-20T04:55:12.385-07:00Open Letter: Civil society demand Transparency on Transatlantic Trade Agreement
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Civil society call for full transparency about the EU-US trade negotiations </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dear
Commissioner De Gucht, <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
undersigned organisations are writing to express deep concerns about the lack
of transparency around the ongoing trade talks on a Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership (TTIP). <b>We are calling on you to open the negotiation
process to the public, by releasing the negotiating mandate, documents
submitted by the EU, and negotiating texts. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
European Commission has repeatedly stated that trade and investment between the
European Union (EU) and the United States (US) are already highly integrated,
and that the main focus of TTIP will be to achieve regulatory convergence by
removing so-called non-tariff barriers to trade. This means that the outcome
has much less to do with traditional trade issues such as tariffs, than with
the regulations and standards that apply in the EU and the US and that affect
every single aspect of citizens’ daily lives – from the quality of the food we
eat to the safety of chemicals we use, the energy we consume, or the impact of financial
services on each of us. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Civil
society groups in the EU and in the US have voiced concerns that this might
lower standards and remove safeguards across the board. They have requested
greater transparency about the negotiations to address these concerns. The
setting up of a stakeholder advisory group for the negotiations by the EU –
although an improvement compared to previous negotiations – is far from
sufficient to make the process fully transparent. Members of the group will
have limited access to the negotiating texts under strict confidentiality
rules, and these will remain out of reach for the rest of interested civil
society groups and citizens. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
European Commission has argued that secrecy in this process is inevitable
because this is a matter of international relations. If these negotiations are
intended to affect domestic regulations, standards and safeguards on each side,
then citizens have the right to know what is being put on the table, and how
this is being negotiated. The standard legislative process in the EU allows for
public scrutiny of each step of policy-making as well as full involvement of
the European Parliament. <br />
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We would urge that those negotiations should comply with the same level of
openness. The process should also allow for public accountability of the European
Commission for the negotiating positions that it takes. Given that many of the
issues under negotiation relate to the environment, this would also reflect the
EU’s obligations under Article 3(7) of the Aarhus Convention to promote access
to information, public participation and access to justice in international
environmental decision-making processes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 6.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2005/pp/ece/ece.mp.pp.2005.2.add.5.e.pdf">1<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2005/pp/ece/ece.mp.pp.2005.2.add.5.e.pdf </span></a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><br />Furthermore there are several examples of international
negotiation processes, which provide a greater degree of openness to civil
society than the negotiations on TTIP do, and whereby negotiating documents are
disclosed. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Examples include: <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The World Trade
Organisation (WTO)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: Even the WTO, which is regularly the subject of criticisms
by civil society and member states, makes submissions made by member states in
the negotiations, as well as offers, and reports by committee chairs available
on its website</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. </span></div>
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- <b>The United Nations Framework for Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)</b>:
The negotiating texts and submissions from the parties are circulated before
the negotiations start. Observers, including external stakeholders, attend the
sessions, and can provide submissions on request by the parties</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. </span></div>
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- <b>The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)</b>: Draft negotiating
documents are being released all along the process. Meetings are open to the
public, and webcasted</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. </span></div>
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- <b>The Aarhus Convention</b>: Meetings of the governing body and its
subsidiary bodies are as a rule public. Accredited observers can participate in
meetings of parties and in drafting groups working in collaboration with
parties to develop text during the negotiations. They have the same speaking rights
as parties</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">5</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With this letter, we would like to restate our call for
openness and public accountability of the TTIP negotiations. Without full
transparency, there can be no meaningful engagement of civil society
representatives in the process. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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Basic transparency requirements include making the following available for the
public at the earliest possible stage and at regular intervals: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- The text of the EU’s negotiating mandate; </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- The initial position papers tabled by the EU; </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Any further papers submitted by the EU in the
course of the negotiations that detail or explain the position of the EU on the
topic, and that are being used in the course of the negotiations with the other
party; </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- The draft versions and final versions of individual
chapters as well as the whole agreement at all steps of preparation and
evolution (and at least before closing the negotiations and initialling so that
parliaments and the public can still assess the outcome and make comments and
recommendations). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If the European Commission is serious about openness and
engagement of the public, it should also proactively make the following
available: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- All written communications between the European Commission
and other European institutional bodies (European Parliament and Member States)
on this issue; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria;">2<a href="https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S001.aspx">https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S001.aspx</a><br />
3<a href="http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/ngo/items/3667.php">http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/ngo/items/3667.php</a><br />
4<a href="http://www.wipo.int/policy/en/index.html#bodies">http://www.wipo.int/policy/en/index.html
- bodies</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria;">5 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria;">Aarhus Convention Task Force on
Public Participation in International Forums, Innovations in Public
Participation in International Forums – Advanced Draft, 23 February 2011, (“Innovations
draft”), available at http://www.unece.org/env/pp/ppif/6meeting/Innovations in
public participation in international forums - draft for consideration by PPIF
Task Force v.1 .do</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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All agendas and minutes of meetings between the European Commission and the
European Parliament and Member States on this issue; </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- All written communications between the European Commission and
third parties –including industry and lobby organisations – on this issue; </span></div>
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All agendas and minutes of meetings between the European Commission and third
parties – including industry and lobby organisations – on this issue. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yours sincerely, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Magda Stoczkiewicz </span></div>
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the Earth Europe </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Contact: Paul de
Clerck, Friends of the Earth Europe </span></div>
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Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-48941720933231969942014-05-06T18:14:00.001-07:002014-05-06T18:18:23.970-07:00The Case of Baroness Barker - Two bills -Two Opportunities<style>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">Please supply your
evidence that the individuals named below have furthered their own interests.
Please supply as much detail as you have. Thank you, Liz Barker”</span></i>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The
Liberal Democrat peer, Baroness Barker <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/baroness-barker-avoids-conflict-of.html">wrote</a>
these words after she and all her fellow peers had received a <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/compilation-of-parliamentary-financial.html">list</a>
of parliamentarians and their financial links to companies and individuals
involved in healthcare. <br />
<br />
The list of over 200 parliamentarians had proved annoying to the Baroness,
especially because at the time, they were all debating, amending and voting on
the bill to help it become an Act. <br />
<br />
One month after the legislation gained Royal Ascent, the Baroness </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/lords-interests-amendments/?letter=B"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">incorporated</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> a consultancy company, which she
co-owns and that works with the third sector to assist in their quest for NHS
contracts. <br />
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The company, Barker & Woodward Consultancy Limited offers <a href="http://www.barkerandwoodardconsulting.co.uk/7.html">advice</a> to
third sector organisations through a two-day course called the “the right prescription”.
This service <a href="http://london.eventful.com/events/right-prescription-/E0-001-060204098-8">offers</a>
information on how ‘third sector organisations can constructively work for the
NHS’ and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">advice about ‘competitors
and development of strategic partnerships.’ <br />
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The “right prescription” can </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-right-prescription-tickets-7815956737?aff=eventful">cost</a><span style="color: black;"> up to £400, which fits into Ms Barker’s personal request
that we supply ‘as much detail’ that we have that ‘individuals’ </span>have ‘furthered
their own interests’.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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Baroness Barker was the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.libdems.org.uk/liz_barker"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Spokesperson</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> on Health for the Liberal Democrats up until 2010 and has since
remained a member of their Health and Social Care Team. She herself debated,
made multiple key amendments and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/100036&showall=yes#divisions"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">voted</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> on the Health and Social Care bill, helping
it become an Act. <br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><br />
One of the amendments drafted by Ms Barker during the Health bill progress, was
in the area of conflicts of interests. It </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201212/ldhansrd/text/120227-0001.htm">read</a><span style="color: black;"> </span>"CCGs must make arrangements for managing
conflicts and potential conflicts of interest in such a way as to ensure that
they do not, and do not appear to, affect the integrity of the group's
decision-making processes". She concluded “It is extremely important that
these groups not only set out to uphold the highest standards but that they are
seen to uphold them.”<span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
The ability to see into the future is a skill all good entrepreneurs’ must
have, but perhaps when you are producing the legislation, it is easier to know
what lies ahead. One month after today’s Care bill hearing, Ms Barker’s company
is offering a briefing on its content in exchange for <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/briefing-on-the-care-act-tickets-11413212225">money</a>
to the third sector. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">The third sector is playing a key role in
the dismantling of the NHS, acting as a Trojan horse to allow private
healthcare companies to come in and take over the running of services. They <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/charity-sector-lobbied-jeremy-hunt-to.html">lobbied</a>
alongside private health for Jeremy Hunt to not water down privatisation
regulations, they lied when they said they were <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/acevo-not-neutral-over-health-bill.html">neutral</a>
over the outcome of the Health bill, and their Chief Executive acted as a handy
<a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/key-member-of-nhs-future-forum-colluded.html">inside</a>
man at a critical moment in the health bill’s progress. The reward for the
third sector has been 70% of all NHS contracts awarded since the implementation
of the Health Act, have gone to private firms.<br />
<br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmcode/1885/188501.htm"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Code</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> of conduct that all Members sign up to
states that ‘</span><span lang="EN-US">Holders of public office should take
decisions solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in
order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their
family, or their friends.’ <br />
<br />
The loop-hole that allows Members of both Houses to vote on legislation when
they have a financial interest is ridiculous. Now Ms Barker is about to vote on
the Care bill, helping it to become an Act and then one month later gain
revenue from imparting that information.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">Local councillors must abide by a stricter
regime, which is imposed on them by parliament. If they have a financial or
non-financial interest, then they <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/20/section/31/enacted">must</a>
neither ‘participate in any discussion of the matter at the meeting’ nor ‘participate
in any vote, or further vote.’ <br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Currently the
government has no intention to reform the rules that govern their own working
life. In response to a petition placed on the No10 website that demanded ‘</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">No member of Parliament may speak or vote in a debate
on legislation which could financially benefit any commercial operation in
which they have a financial interest’, they replied that </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">it would “not be
practical” to introduce any curbs to such behaviour because </span><span lang="EN-US">a “significant number of legislative provisions in any year may have
beneficial financial implications for all or most commercial operations.”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Exactly!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">See the latest list of parliamentary recent
or present financial interests to healthcare <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/compilation-of-parliamentary-financial.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">here</b></a>.</span></div>
Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-50154920295017075882014-03-15T06:13:00.000-07:002014-03-16T04:19:38.176-07:00Welcome to the House of Circle<style>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick Seddon formerly of Circle</td></tr>
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The recent speech by the government plant in the Care Quality Commission, David Prior, <span lang="EN-US">has called for NHS Trusts
who have fallen into financial difficulty to be taken over by European or
American ‘Hospital Chains’. </span><br />
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Such a move would present new opportunities to Circle Health, the first company to takeover the running of a NHS hospital and a company that is embedded into the highest areas of government influence. Not only is a former Circle employee writing the health policy for No10, but another of their former staff is health adviser to Jeremy Hunt. If you add the donations ending up in the local office of the policy unit head, then you could say No10 is now the House of Circle.</div>
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A secret plan to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/more/item/5350-nhs-reforms-plunged-into-fresh-turmoil">hand</a></b>
over NHS hospitals to foreign companies was initially exposed by the transparency
campaigners, Spinwatch in 2011. A Freedom of Information release unearthed communications between management consultancy firm McKinsey and the Department
of Health, which revealed how over 20 NHS hospitals should be taken over by foreign firms. This process should be done
with a “mindset of one at a time…because of various political constraints
associated with privatisation.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In David Prior’s speech made at a health seminar
in London last week, the former Conservative Chief Executive cited the private
hospital company, Circle, who took over the running of Hitchingbrooke hospital
back in 2011, as being a model that could be followed for such a process. </span></div>
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This sentiment was one that was shared by fellow Conservative MP Mark Simmonds
who landed his role as strategic adviser to Circle in December 2010. This new
position was taken up just <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/Mr%20Mark%20Simmonds%20MP.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">five</b></a> months after he had <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/40103"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">finished</b></a> his role as Shadow Health
Secretary. The blog ‘NHS Vault’ <a href="http://nhsvault.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/hinchingbrooke-double-fail.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">revealed</b></a> that within a
report written by the Hitchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust Chief Executive's
& Franchise Representatives, Simmonds visited the hospital in July 2012 and
told those in attendance, “In this hospital you can change the way the NHS
works, in my view for the better, you are at the frontier of the way
healthcare is going to be provided in the future.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The support of Circle within government is
also supported by their presence in the heart of government policy. Nick
Seddon, is a former Head of Communications for Circle, who moved to the free
market think tank Reform as deputy director. Reform are
heavily <a href="http://www.reform.co.uk/content/2992/donate/corporates/corporates"><b>funded</b></a> by private healthcare, which includes private hospital groups. <br /><br />Whilst at Reform, Seddon was highly active <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/key-member-of-nhs-future-forum-colluded.html"><b>lobbying</b></a> alongside private healthcare to ensure competition remained int he Health and Social care bill. In addition, he called for an increase in private
companies taking over NHS hospitals, which was part of a campaign by Reform backed by the Telegraph who helped <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-telegraph-pushing-circles-agenda_4426.html"><b>promote</b></a> Circle's model.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>David Cameron, who had said lobbying would be the 'next big scandal' <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/andrew-robertson/this-cant-go-on-cameron-hires-private-health-lobbyist-into-heart-of-governme">decided</a></b>
to hand a healthcare lobbyist a role in the health policy unit at No10. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is not the only influence Circle have in
the echelons of government health policy. Secretary of State for Health,
Jeremy Hunt chose to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hsj-live/hsj-live-18062013-major-review-of-health-and-social-care/5059971.article">hire</a></b>
Christina Robinson, another former Head of Communications at Circle as his
special adviser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The direction of where health policy is
going couldn’t be clearer, but it isn’t just there where Circle has
representation in government policy. Conservative MP for Orpington Jo Johnson, was
made head of the No10 Policy unit leading up until the next general
election. His constituency office received £6,000 just after the election, in
July 2010, from Robin Crispin Odey a major investor in Circle.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Robin Odey, whose asset management company
is <a href="http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=4251"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">based</b></a> in the tax haven of the Cayman Islands has given the
Conservative party £251,000 – some of which has ended up in local constituencies.
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<span lang="EN-US">Incidentally, all the MPs listed below who
have been in receipt of donations from Mr Odey, were able to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s0tn8m">vote</a></b> on the recent
amendment to the Care bill that allows Jeremy Hunt to close or downgrade
hospitals.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As if this wasn’t enough, Conservative peer
<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-higgins/1067">Baron
Higgins of Worthing</a> holds in excess of £50,000 worth of shares in Lansdowne
UK Equity Fund, another investor in Circle.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">The House of Commons or rather, Circle and their external
plants in organisations like the CQC are now calling for more private hospitals
to be handed out to foreign companies. Circle will be delighted to hear such news, who currently remain in the running for another takeover of a NHS hospital in Nuneaton
alongside Care UK. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The
government (House of Circle) treats the electorate with contempt and here is
why.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">They plan policy in secret with management
consultancy companies who themselves have private healthcare clients and with
whom they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099940/NHS-health-reforms-Extent-McKinsey--Companys-role-Andrew-Lansleys-proposals.html">share</a></b>
information. <br />
<br />
Corporate lobby groups such as Reform, who help write their policy, are
masquerading as charitable think tanks to push policy that opens revenues for
their corporate backers. <br />
<br />
Cameron choose to hire a corporate lobbyist into his policy unit. <br /><br />
</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><b>The rules are not fit for purpose</b> <br />
MPs who through their constituency offices are in receipt of money from an
investor in Circle, and were allowed to vote on a clause that will allow the closure and
downgrading of NHS hospitals. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The MPs
who have received funds from Robin Crispin Odey and voted on Clause 119 - the hospital closure clause</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Source - Electoral Commission</i></span></div>
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GRAHAM, Richard, Mr - Gloucester - His constituency office received £3,000 from
Circle investor, Mr Robin Crispin Odey on 03/12/2007. Richard Graham was
elected MP for Gloucester at the last general election and like Odey has
previously worked for Barings bank, which went bust in 1995. <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2014-03-11&number=230&mpn=Richard_Graham&mpc=Gloucester&house=commons"><b>Vote</b></a> on Clause 119.<br />
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HARPER, Mark, Mr - <span style="color: black;">Forest of dean: Electoral
commission records show his constituency office received £5,000 on 09/02/2010
from Circle </span><a href="http://cheltenham-gloucesteragainstcuts.org/2012/05/04/two-gloucestershire-tory-mps-accepted-donations-from-controversial-super-rich-private-health-investor/">investor</a><span style="color: black;"> Mr Robin Crispin Odey just 3 months before the general
election. <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2014-03-11&number=230&mpn=Mark_Harper&mpc=Forest_of_Dean&house=commons"><b>Vote</b></a> on Clause 119.</span></span></div>
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JOHNSON, Joseph - Orpington. According to the electoral Commission - the
brother of Boris Johnson's constituency office received £6,000 on 19th July 2010, to his constituency
office from Robin Crispin Odey an investor in circle who run Hitchingbrooke
hospital. He now sits in the No10 policy adviser unit. <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2014-03-11&number=230&mpn=Jo_Johnson&mpc=Orpington&house=commons"><b>Vote</b></a> on Clause 119.</span></div>
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KWARTENG, Kwasi, Mr - Worked for Odey Asset Management hedge fund as an analyst
who invest in Circle health who run the Hitchingbrooke hospital. The hedge fund
is run by Robin Crispin William Odey who has donated to the Conservative party
since 2007. Mr Kwateng's constituency office received £10,000 from Odey Asset Management on 12<sup>th</sup>
September 2011 for consultancy work for political advice to asset managers,
which included ‘domestic affairs’. <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2014-03-11&number=230&mpn=Kwasi_Kwarteng&mpc=Spelthorne&house=commons"><b>Vote</b></a> on Clause 119.<br />
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NORMAN, Jesse, Mr - <span style="color: black;">Hereford and South Herefordshire.
</span><span style="color: #141414;">According to the Electoral Commission, Mr
Norman's office received £5,000 on 30th June 2009 from Circle healthcare investor
Crispin Odey to his local Hereford constituency. <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2014-03-11&number=230&mpn=Jesse_Norman&mpc=Hereford_and_South_Herefordshire&house=commons"><b>Vote</b></a> on Clause 119.</span></span></div>
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REES-MOGG, Jacob, Mr - MP for North-East Somerset - According to the electoral
Commission, his office received £2,000 to his constituency office on the 14th April,
2010 from Mr Robin Crispin Odey, a hedge funder who has invested in Circle
healthcare. <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2014-03-11&number=230&mpn=Jacob_Rees-Mogg&mpc=North_East_Somerset&house=commons"><b>Vote</b></a> on Clause 119.<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/john-redwood/14"> </a></span></div>
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SOAMES, Nicholas, Hon - According to the electoral Commission, his office
received £2,000 on 11th May 2010, from Crispin Odey who is an investor of
Circle Health. <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2014-03-11&number=230&mpn=Nicholas_Soames&mpc=Mid_Sussex&house=commons"><b>Vote</b></a> for Clause 119.</span></div>
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Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-5478273241477774392014-03-02T02:02:00.000-08:002015-04-27T02:19:40.416-07:00Compilation of Parliamentary Financial Links to Private Healthcare<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">This represents the
latest list of recent or present financial links between
parliamentarians and individuals or companies involved in private
healthcare. <br /><br />The list is up-to-date as of March 2nd 2014. Another list will be drawn up prior to the election. The previous <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html"><b>list</b></a> is representative of who had these interests when they voted on the Health and Social Care bill, helping it become Act.<br /><br />MPs and Lords are able to vote on legislation, even when they have a direct financial interest. This happened with the Health and Social Care Act, which saw the NHS being forced into a world of an external market. The legislation was written for industry, by industry and is part of the overall plan for it's demise and the eventual takeover by private health insurance companies. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br />Not our words, but those of Oliver Letwin and John Redwood in their 1988 <a href="http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/111027171245-BritainsBiggestEnterprise1988.pdf"><b>publication</b></a> for the Centre for Policy Studies, 'Britain's Biggest Enterprise.' <br /><br />The rules are not fit for purpose, it is not enough to simply register your interests and then vote as you like. Local councillors must abide by a stricter regime, which is imposed on them by parliament. Why should we the public be placed in a position whereby we have to take the politicians word for it that despite their interest, their vote was in the best interest of the public? It is time, that parliament ended this hypocrisy. <br /><br />What point are the rules, if there is no punitive action when they get broken. The committees made up of parliamentarians, decide the punishment of themselves. When a serious wrongdoing is committed, all that is often handed down, is a suspension, whiles they are able to remain on as an MP, before being able to return to the fold. Resignations mean nothing to parliament, but a great deal to a public who rightfully see our political elite as a law unto themselves. <br /><br />So, when an opportunity came for the public to receive more power in the form of a 'Recall', the government failed utterly to introduce it. The message this gave, was that we do not trust you with more power, especially that, which will hold our elected representatives to account.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br />The list below, which is by no means totally complete, highlights the various interests in healthcare. They are of varying significance with some persons being the sole owners of companies, chairman, directors, advisers, consultants, shares, you name it. What this list should do is act as a catalyst to reform. Many of those on the list are attached to companies that have financially <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html"><b>gained</b></a> from the changes made possible by the new Health Act, which in turn was made possible by their vote. <br /><br />The list has gone out far and wide, although largely ignored by the mainstream media. Therefore it is up to us all to spread this list as far and as wide as possible. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Donations</b></span>: Please help more of this research donate to Social Investigations <a href="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/GB/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif"><b>here</b></a>. This is why a donation <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/p/donations-to-social-investigations.html"><b>helps</b></a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-ashcroft/2568">Lord
Ashcroft</a>: Conservative benches and funder - Until 2010, held investments in
two private healthcare groups. From his website 'Other business interests
include significant investments in healthcare.' In 2010 bought a 34% stake in <a href="http://www.priorygroup.com/">The Priory</a> for £44m. <br />
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Also From his website at the bottom of the news:<br />
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New Businesses: Recent investments by Michael Ashcroft include stakes in:
Digital Marketing Group: a multi-media electronic marketing group of companies,
who through <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/816705/jaywing-appointed-data-job-nhs-supply-chain/">Jaywing</a>,
the data division of the Digital Marketing Group, who were appointed to work
with with the NHS Supply Chain on sales and marketing communications. Digital
Marketing<br />
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Group has changed its name to WEARE 2020 PLC.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Donations: Lord Ashcroft has donated £112,726.09 to
Conservative Central party between 2001/02 and £3,200 to Liam Fox in 2006</span>.
<span style="color: black;">Lord Ashcroft has </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17512814">given</a><span style="color: black;"> the party more than £4.3m since 2006. Ashcroft has donated
over £10 million to the Tory party according to the BBC.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">2. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-ashton-of-hyde/4247">Lord
Ashton</a>: Conservative - Shares in Marsh Inc insurance brokers and in Zurich
Financial Services AG - In a <a href="http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_132413.pdf">review</a> for
the Department of Health of the NHS litigation Authority - written by Marsh
Inc, it recommended involving opening up clinical negligence cover over to
private insurers. Zurich Financial Insurers said they didn't have the expertise
but the Marsh review <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17eaba52-57bb-11e1-ae89-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1oVt9kaCI">envisaged
opening up a dialogue</a> which might eventually give them the information
they needed. The DoH unsurprisingly accepted the large majority of Marsh's
recommendations. Lord Ashton also has shares in a private dental company called
Smilepod Hygiene Ltd.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-bell/3531">Lord Bell</a>:
Conservative - Chairman of Chime Communications Group, whose companies include
Bell Pottinger, and whose lobbying clients include Southern Cross, BT Health
and AstraZeneca. Tim Bell has a conviction for ‘wilfuly, openly and obscenely’
exposing himself ‘with intent to insult a female’ under Section 4 of the 1824
Vagrancy Act. For more on this delightful personality, which bears little
relevance to the NHS but says so much about the character <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tim_Bell">click here.</a> If
that isn't enough then please click <a href="http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/12/06/changing-perceptions-of-uzbekistan-bell-pottinger-presentation/">here</a>
to see their attempts to work with the Ubekistan dictatorship. <br />
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These are the following health-related <a href="http://www.chime.plc.uk/our-companies">companies</a> within Chime
Communications Group: <br />
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Open Health: PR for the healthcare sector.<br />
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Open LEC: Healthcare Advertising and Marketing Services, the
creative, advertising & brand communication practice within OPEN Health.
Campaigns for Lipitor, Losec, Vioxx, Aricept, Symbicort, Atripla and
Prozac. Healthcare brand development, advertising, promotional materials, brand
revitalisation and digital.<br />
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Open Minds: Advertising and Marketing Services in the healthcare sector.<br />
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Open Plan: Global Healthcare market research and brand planning.<br />
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Reynolds Mackenzie: Advertising and Marketing Services Division who's
clients include the pharmaceutical industry.<br />
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VCCP Health: Advertising and Marketing Services<br />
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Donations: Bell Pottinger has given £56,980 to the Conservative party between
2008 and 2012 and £2,500 to the Labour party to Rhondda CLP. In 2001, Lord
Timothy Bell gave £2,500 to Michael Portillo. Chime Communications PLC gave
£15,000 to Nick Herbert in 2008. <br />
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Quote: <span style="color: red;">”As a diversified communications group we see
healthcare as an attractive sector in which we wish to compete strongly. The
acquisition of SCL strengthens our recently established healthcare practice
OPEN Health still further.”</span><span style="color: black;"> - on the </span><a href="http://www.chime.plc.uk/announcements/chime-open-health-succinct">acquistion</a><span style="color: black;"> of the Succint Communications Ltd company</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Quote: </span><span style="color: red;">"My
message to the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Government">Labour
Government</a><span style="color: red;"> is: stop accusing the </span><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/glossary/?gl=85">Conservatives</a><span style="color: red;"> of wanting to privatise the NHS--we do not" </span><span style="color: black;">- House of Lords </span><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2000-02-02a.237.1&s=speaker%3A13503#g287.1">debate
</a><span style="color: black;">on the NHS Feb 2000</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">4. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-blackwell/3550">Lord
Blackwell</a>: Conservatives - Chairman of Interserve, consultancy to NHS and
private healthcare firms. Involved in PFI hospitals. Head of the Prime
Minister's policy unit under John Major from 1995 to 1997 and was previously a
member of Margaret Thatcher's policy unit. Was a partner with McKinsey and
Company (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/05/nhs-reforms-mckinsey-conflict-interest">involved
in NHS bill</a> between 1978 and 1994. Interserve recently <a href="http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/health/interserve-wins-place-on-lucrative-welsh-health-framework/8638497.article">won</a>
a place on the Welsh Government: Designed for Life supply programme covering
the entirety of NHS Wales. See article on him and Interserve <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lord-blackwell-how-his-vote-opened-new.html">here</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Quotes on bill:</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> We
are now 10 years further on from that and it is important that the changes are
not lost in the voices that will always oppose changes that are necessary to
reform the way that the NHS works. I hope that, while listening to those
voices, the Minister can assure us that these essential reforms will be
carried through and that the period of uncertainty for the NHS will not be any
longer than it needs to be before we can get to the kind of reformed NHS that
we all want to see.</span> <br />
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Further quote:<span style="color: #cc0000;">"The funding of healthcare must
also be liberalised"</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">5. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-blyth-of-rowington/3495">Lord
Blyth of Rowington</a>: Conservative - Senior adviser to investment bankers
Greenhill, who have<span style="color: black;"> considerable transaction
experience and a global network of corporate relationships in the </span><a href="http://www.greenhill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=289">Healthcare</a><span style="color: black;"> sector.</span> Former Boots Chemists deputy chairman.
Currently on leave of absence</span></div>
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Donations: £39,950 to Conservative Central party on years 2007/09/10<br />
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6. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-boswell-of-aynho/352">Lord
Boswell of Aynho</a>: Conservative - Has shares in Reckitt Benckiser which
produces drugs for the NHS amongst other health institutions. NHS is currently
suing Reckitt Benckiser <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckitt_Benckiser">for
£90 million</a> following an investigation that ruled the company had abused
its dominant position in the heartburn market. The company has just paid a fine
for <a href="http://www.pharmatimes.com/article/11-04-19/NHS_sues_Reckitt_Benckiser_for_%C2%A389_million.aspx">£10.2
million</a> in 2010 following a ruling by the Office of Fair Trading which
found them guilty of illegal anti-compative behaviour relating to their
heartburn product Gaviscon. Lord Boswell's shares have in brackets household
part of the company, but in the end it is the same company. He also has shares
in GlaxoSmithKline PLC pharmaceuticals. The new CCGs open up increased
opportunities for pharmaceutical companies to present their products to the new
commissioners.<br />
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7. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-bottomley-of-nettlestone/106">Baroness
Bottomley of Nettlestone</a>: Conservative - The former Conservative Health
Secretary Virginia Bottomley is a Director of BUPA, the health insurance,
private hospital and care group. Chair of Odgers Berndtson - recruitment
company providing people for NHS Management positions. Shares in Broomco Ltd,
which is a holding company of International Resources Group Ltd, which owns
Odgers Berndston. <br />
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Board member of Akzo Nobel a multi-national company that specialises in paints
and speciality chemicals. Akzo Nobel is listed in the NHS purchasing directory
as decoration suppliers. Their tentacles reach into the NHS in other ways. Paul
Kenderick the interim chairman of Newham University hospital was an employee of
Akzo Nobel. Within the NHS he was for a number of years an Independent Special
Advisor to the Healthcare Purchasing Consortium, providing purchasing, supply
chain and commercial services to trusts. It is not suggested Mr Kenderick
preferred his ex-employer when making purchases but such conflict of interests
will become of increasing relevance in the new NHS. <br />
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Baroness Bottomley is a Member of the International Advisory Board for
Tokyo-based Chugai Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, which researches biotechnology
products. The company offers trials promoted through the NHS, as well as <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cts=1331042596103&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.networks.nhs.uk%2Fnhs-networks%2Fjoint-working-nhs-pharmaceutical%2Fdocuments%2Fjoint%20working%20toolkit%20dh.abpi.pdf&ei=IhlWT4rTD">representing</a>
NHS South-West APBI last year on a discussion on improving ‘existing methods of
communication between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry.<br />
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Quotes on bill: <span style="color: #cc0000;"> 'I give this Bill an
unequivocal and extraordinarily warm welcome.' </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">'It is romantic poppycock to think that the
Secretary of State should be personally involved ...'<br />
</span><br />
Donations: Bupa UK gave £4,512.76 to Conservative MP, Mark Simmonds, for a
'fact finding visit'. Accepted 27/03/2009<br />
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Richard Boggis-Rolfe the chairman of Odgers Berndtson has given £207,500 in <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9wqT_0EkhCwcnJXRDNQRmhzb2M/edit">donations</a>
to the Conservative party between 28/09/2006 to 03/03/2010.<br />
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8. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-brittan-of-spennithorne/709">Lord
Brittan of Spennithorne</a>: Conservative - Advisor to Teijin who are a
conglomerate of global companies. One part of the business is the medical and
pharmaceutical business group. Teijin Home Healthcare Limited supply products
to the NHS and Teijin Pharma Ltd provides pharmaceuticals to the NHS.<br />
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9. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-byford/3343">Baroness
Byford</a>: Conservative - has shares in Reckitt Benckiser (personal
care). which produces drugs for the NHS amongst other health
institutions. NHS is currently suing Reckitt Benckiser <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckitt_Benckiser">for £90 million</a> following
an investigation that ruled the company had abused its dominant position in the
heartburn market. The company has just paid a fine for <a href="http://www.pharmatimes.com/article/11-04-19/NHS_sues_Reckitt_Benckiser_for_%C2%A389_million.aspx">£10.2
million</a> in 2010 following a ruling by the Office of Fair Trading which
found them guilty of illegal anti-compative behaviour relating to their
heartburn product Gaviscon. Shares in GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals which
supply the NHS. Shares in Uniliver plc (domestic products) Unilever whose
European venture capital arm Unilever Ventures joined with a company called
Vectura to form a pharma arm to their company. Shares in Croda
International plc which has a health division which products and has extensive
links with the NHS.<br />
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10. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-carrington/3295">Lord
Carrington</a>: Conservative - has shares in GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals,
suppliers to the NHS. shares in Unilever plc. Unilever has a European
venture capital arm Unilever Ventures joined with a company called Vectura to
form a pharma arm to their company.<br />
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11. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-chadlington/3318">Lord
Chadlington</a>: Conservative - Chief executive of Huntsworth communications
group with several lobbying firms. One of the firms, Citigate Dewe Rogerson <a href="http://www.citigatedewerogerson.com/corporate-pr/consumer-healthcare/">operates</a>
in a number of healthcare markets including provider, retail, and
pharmaceutical. Another of the group, Grayling, <a href="http://www.grayling.co.uk/en-gb/sectors/nhs-healthcare/">work</a> with
both the NHS and private healthcare. Huntsworth Health, which itself is a group
of agencies who chaired a meeting on commissioning on behalf of
Healthcare Communications Association, a group whose <a href="http://www.huntsworthhealth.com/site/default.aspx">members</a> consist of
PR agencies and pharmaceutical companies. The company claims to have expertise
in 'market access, brand development and public relations.' Another of their
group are called 'Red', who <a href="http://www.redconsultancy.com/healthcare/">claim</a>
to offer 'ethical healthcare' pr.<br />
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Donations: Huntsworth has given £45,600 to the Conservative party in total
during the years 2008/09/10/11 - Chadlington and his wife have given £80,823.91
of which £44,700 went to the Central party - £21,623 went to David Cameron's
office in Witney. £4,500 went to Michael Howard's leadership campaign and
£10,000 to Cameron's leadership campaign. See article on him <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/meet-lord-chadlington-hes-about-to-vote.html">here</a>.<br />
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12. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-coe/783">Lord Coe</a>:
Conservative - In February 2011 became Director of AMT-Sybex Group, <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=23&ved=0CDYQFjACOBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amt-sybex.com%2Fwp-content%2Fdownload%2FTheKnowHowSummer2008.pdf&ei=7-WPT_uPBdOd8gPuxoygBA&usg=AFQjCNH2F7hnbif8n6obyum-_58zKYll9w&sig2=HdO_imG-MbVOgoyk">IT
supplier</a> to the NHS. Same company that paid for a trip of former MP Robert
Keys. William Hague is listed as a director in 2008, and former Tory Mayoral
candidate for London Steve Norris is listed as their chairman.<br />
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13. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-cumberlege/2729">Baroness
Cumberlege of Newick</a>: Conservative - Former Tory health minister, runs
Cumberlege Connections, a political networking firm that works
"extensively" with the pharmaceutical industry. Used to be
non-excutive director of PR firm for healthcare huntsworth PLC, of which Lord
Chadlington is Chief Executive. Former executive director of healthcare
consulting firm MJM healthcare solutions. Chair of the All parliamentary <a href="http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/">Health</a> Group, patron of the
think tank <a href="http://www.2020health.org/2020health/about/whoswho/Patrons.html">2020health.org</a>.
Has made money from offering courses to the new CCGs. £1,200 +VAT for a one-day
course for Horsham and Mid-Sussex and Hastings and Rother CCGs. Paid £12,896
from NHS South-Eastern Hampshire and NHS Fareham and Gosport CCGs via a bursary
from NHS South-Central SHA for one-day course on 'Understanding Politics
Masterclass.' Moved her company into a position to win these contracts before
parliament had passed the bill into an Act.<br />
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See article on her <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-case-of-baroness-cumberlege-why.html">here</a>.<br />
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Quotes on bill: <span style="color: #cc0000;">'I applaud the flexibility of
the Bill.'<br />
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</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">14.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-deighton/4262"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Lord Deighton</span></a></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">: S</span><span lang="EN-US">hares in Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc - a biotechnology company. <br />
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15. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-dixon-smith/2713">Lord
Dixon-Smith</a>: Conservative - has shares in Vodafone group plc - Vodafone
produced a <a href="http://www.vodafone.co.uk/consumer/groups/vodafoneukonline/documents/assets/vftst061887.pdf">report</a>
by themselves, which showed how they can help drive efficiency in healthcare
costs promoting the use of SMS texts which go via them and other mobile phone
companies. South-Central ambulance service NHS trust have <a href="http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/14230/vodafone_wins_south_ambulance_contract.aspx">appointed</a>
Vodafone UK as its communications partner.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">16. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-eccles-of-moulton/2790">Baroness Eccles</a>: Shares in GlaxoSmithKline - pharmaceutical giant.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">17. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-feldman/2778">Lord
Feldman</a>: Conservative - Shares in Inverness Medical, now Alere, a global
healthcare company who work with many PCTs including the 'healthcheck
programme.'<br />
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Donations: In 2005, gave £11,300 to Conservative Central party. Also in 2005,
Lord Feldman of Frognal gave £11,643 to former Conservative MP for Westmorland
and Lonsdale, Tim Collins. Mr Collins is now managing director of Bell
Pottinger, and was secretly recorded <a href="http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/9406359.Former_Lakes_MP_Tim_Collins_taped_claiming_to_have_influence_over_David_Cameron/">talking</a>
about the 'dark arts' the company used.<br />
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18. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-fink/4219">Lord
Fink</a> - Conservative - Director of multiple companies including: The
Global PR network Ltd, which covers the health and medical sector, in which he
has shares. Chairman and Director of Zenith hygiene Group plc, an approved NHS
supplier. Shares run independently by Lombard Odier the company in charge of
his share portfolio include: Abbott Laboratories ltd (pharmaceuticals), Allianz
SE, which offers medical insurance, Prudential plc, which offers private health
insurance, Siemens AG, which supplies medical equipment to the NHS,
Vodafone group.<br />
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19. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-flight/4211">Lord
Flight</a> – Conservative - director of Investec Asset Management – Investec
Asset Management is a specialist provider of investment products and services.
Their clients include <a href="http://www.investec.co.uk/about-investec/contact-us/contacts/co-uk/wealth-and-investment/jimmy-muchechetere.html">healthcare</a>
and some of the world’s largest private and public sector pension funds,
insurers and corporates, and range from foundations and central banks to
intermediated and direct investors. <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/101098&showall=yes#divisions">Voted</a>
with the government on all key divisions of the Health and Social Care bill.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">Chairman of Arden Partners plc who have <a href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/DEMG.L/key-developments/article/2676527">invested</a>
in Deltex Medical Group. The company produce a telehealth <a href="http://www.buildingbetterhealthcare.co.uk/news/article_page/Five_firms_celebrate_success_at_2013_Healthcare_Business_Awards/83557">product</a>
adopted by the NHS.<br />
<br />
20. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-forsyth-of-drumlean/1141">Lord
Forsyth of Drumlean</a>: Conservative - Sits on the board of the Centre
for policy studies. Included in his biography interests are 'privatisation' and
'healthcare'. Recent senior adviser to Evercore, bank involved in huge
healthcare deals. <a href="http://www.zoominfo.com/#%21search/profile/person?personId=98281787&targetid=profile">
</a><br />
<br />
21. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-freeman/836">Lord
Freeman</a>: Conservative - The ex-health minister is chairman of the Advisory
Board of <a href="http://www.pwc.co.uk/economic-services/health.jhtml">PricewaterhouseCoopers,
which claims</a> to have “been at the heart of shaping [healthcare] reforms
and working with clients to respond to the opportunities they present”. Director
of Parity Group plc - Parity group plc won a contract with NHS direct to
develop and support a new Health Information Search Portal for £1.4 million.
Lord Freeman became non-executive chairman in 2007.<br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US">22. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-garel-jones/840">Lord
Garel-Jones</a>: Conservative - MD of UBS bank, whose healthcare division
earned the firm over $1billion since 2005.<br />
<br />
23. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-glendonbrook/4236">Lord
Glendonbrook </a>- Conservative - Has shares in Ansell Ltd NPV
(healthcare), Abbott Laboratories, supplies NHS with Lab equipment, reagents.
Shares in Astrazeneca biopharaceuticals - The NHS is the primary customer for
Astrazeneca medicines in the UK. Shares in GlaxoSmithKline Ord 25p
(healthcare), GlaxoSmithKline (healthcare), Johnson & Johnson, which
supplies the NHS. Shares in Novartis who threatened to pull out of the UK
because the NHS <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/11/novartis-roche-threaten-quit-uk">safety
trial rules</a>. Shares in Novo Nordisk (pharmaceuticals) supplies NHS, shares
in Pfizer Inc (pharmaceuticals) supplies NHS. Shares in Serco group, which has
multiple contracts with NHS including PFI hospitals. Shares in Siemens
AG, which supplies medical equipment to the NHS. Shares in Smith &
Nephew, hip-replacement and bandaging group. Unilver plc, whose European
venture capital arm Unilever Ventures joined with a company called Vectura to
form a pharma arm to their company.<br />
<br />
24. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/viscount-goschen/3602">Viscount
Goschen</a>: Conservative - is paid by Korn/Ferry International - is an
international executive search firm - they run healthcare services - Among the
diverse range of healthcare organisations they have secured and developed top
healthcare executives for are in hospital systems, multi-specialty physician
practices, pharmacy benefit management companies, long-term
care/assisted-living companies, home health companies, healthcare associations,
and other service delivery companies. <a href="http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/news-and-events/press-releases-latest-news/2011/two-outstanding-talents-join-th_970g70u5/">Vanni
Treves</a> who is a director elect of Homerton Hospital NHS Trust, is also chair
of Korn/Ferry International and Intertek Group Plc. <br />
<br />
In 1993 when <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.com/2012/03/meet-baroness-bottomley-financial-links.html">Virginia
Bottomley</a> was health secretary, Korn Ferry made the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-accused-over-headhunting-fees-1487023.html">news</a>
when it was revealed Oxford Regional Health Authority forked out £30,000 to
Korn Ferry to find its new £80,000-a-year chief executive; Oxford District
Health Authority spent pounds £60,000 to get its new chief executive and
director of finance; and Oxford Family Health Services Authority paid £30,000
for a replacement chief executive.<br />
<br />
The worst thing about this particular case is that, for one of the posts, the
company did little more than place an advert in newspapers and draw up a short
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Griffiths of Fforestfach</a>: Conservative - Director of Goldman Sachs bank,
provider of services to healthcare firms. Chief executive of Circle Ali Parsa
was an Executive Director of Goldman Sachs. See article on him <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/outsourcing-companys-half-billion.html">here</a>.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">26. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hamilton-of-epsom/100">Lord
Hamilton of Epsom</a> - Conservative: Has a directorship with MSB Ltd (managing
consultancy), who have NHS, Bupa, Nuffield Health and Care UK listed as
their clients. Former Care UK chairman John Nash funded Andrew Lansley's
office. A complaint was made to Lord Hamilton for not disclosing his
interests, before making the quote below. The complaint was upheld. The story
is <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/complaint-on-lord-hamilton-upheld-no.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />
Quotes: <span style="color: red;">'My Lords, surely one of the problems of the
National Health Service is the wall of money that was thrown at a totally
unreformed NHS by the last Government? Do we not need management consultants
now to show us the way forward on the savings that need to be wrung out of the
NHS so that it can survive into the future?' Hansard source (Citation: HL Deb,
13 February 2012, c556)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">Earl Howe responded - Yes, we do, my Lords. Part of the
benefit of the modernisation programme will be to streamline the architecture
of the NHS.<br />
<br />
</span>27. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-higgins/1067">Baron
Higgins of Worthing</a>: Conservative - Holds in excess of £50,000 of shares in
Lansdowne UK Equity Fund, backers of private hospital group Circle Holdings.
Voted loyally.<br />
<br />
28. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hill-of-oareford/4144">Lord
Hill</a> - Conservative - Shares in Huntsworth plc - company funded the
Conservative party - the founder and chairman is <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.com/2012/02/meet-lord-chadlington-hes-about-to-vote.html">Lord
Chadlington</a>. Huntsworth gave £15,500 to the Conservative party in August
last year and has given money every year since 2008. Following the
exposure, Huntsworth were forced to admit they had given money stating the
money was given by buying tickets for ‘Conservative events’, a classic way for
lobbying to take place. Furthermore, Lord Chadlington, and his wife have
personally given more than £20,000 to the local party since 2007, including a
sum of £10,000 for his leadership campaign.<br />
<br />
29. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-hodgson-of-abinger/4301">Baroness
Hodgson of Abinger</a> - Chair of the Independent Health Advisory Services
(IHAS) complaints and adjudication services. The IHAS is a trade body for the
private health sector. Entered the Lords after the Health and Social Care bill.<br />
<br />
30.<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hodgson-of-astley-abbotts/1651">
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts</a> – Conservative - Chairman, Nova Capital
Management – who <a href="http://www.nova-cap.com/client/accentus_medical.html">own</a>
Accentus Medical and <a href="http://www.nova-cap.com/exits/healthcare_pharmaceuticals.html">formerly</a>
owned life science company Sterilin Limited and healthcare call center services
company notifymd.<br />
<br />
31. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-hooper/2005">Baroness
Hooper</a>: Conservative - Until July 11, <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldselect/ldeucom/93/9310.htm">chairman</a>
of Advisory Committee of Barclays Infrastructure Funds, one of the most
experienced investors in hospital PFI deals.<br />
<br />
32. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-howard-of-lympne/82">Lord
Howard of Lympne</a>: Conservative - Senior adviser to Canaccord Genuity
formerly Hawkpoint Partners, a corporate finance firm. Provide staff to NHS
and Private Healthcare providers. Lord Howard replaced Douglas Hurd in early
2011, thus keeping the connection of influence in parliament. Andrew Lansley
met Hawkpoint partners for dinner on 30th June 2011. What was said?<br />
<br />
33. <span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.parliament\.uk\/biographies\/lords\/earl-howe\/2000\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><span class="MsoHyperlink">Earl Howe</span></span>: was a patron of pro-market health
think tank 2020health up until the election. The rules allow patronage without
the need to register. 2020health have produced multiple publications sponsored
by the likes of Pfizer, Tunstall and other healthcare companies. There are
currently four patrons of 2020health – who all have healthcare <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/2020health-patrons.html">links</a>.
For more on the Earl please click <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/earl-howe-former-patron-of-pro-market.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />
34. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hunt-of-wirral/994">Lord
Hunt of Wirral</a>: Conservative - Partner in Beachcroft, a law firm that
offers incisive analysis on the full range of government, parliamentary and
regulatory matters in the health sector.<br />
<br />
35. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-james-of-holland-park/1981">Baroness
James</a>: Conservative - has shares in AstraZeneca (pharmaceuticals). The NHS
is the primary customer for Astrazeneca medicines in the UK. GlaxoSmithKline
plc (healthcare) supplies the NHS. Shares in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, which
produces drugs for the NHS amongst other health institutions. NHS is currently
suing Reckitt Benckiser for £90 million following an investigation that ruled
the company had abused its dominant position in the heartburn market. Serco
Group (business services), which has multiple contracts with NHS including PFI
hospitals. Smith and Nephew (healthcare) supplies hip replacement and bandaging
to the NHS. Shares in Vodafone Group (communications) - Vodafone produced a
report by themselves, which showed how they can help drive efficiency in
healthcare costs promoting the use of SMS texts which go via them and other
mobile phone companies. South-Central ambulance service NHS trust have
appointed Vodafone UK as its communications partner.<br />
<br />
36. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-lang-of-monkton/896">Lord
Lang of Monkton</a>: Conservative - Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies
that "help hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and industry
associations understand the implications of changing policy
environments". <br />
<br />
In February 2011 Marsh was <a href="http://uk.marsh.com/NewsInsights/Articles/ID/26694/Comparision-of-the-NHS-Litigation-Authority-and-the-Commercial-Insurance-Market.aspx">appointed</a>
by the Department of Health to conduct an ‘industry review’ of the NHS
Litigation Authority (NHS LA). The objective of the review was to ‘identify
opportunities to introduce greater commercial management and practice to
services.<br />
<br />
37. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-lawson-of-blaby/1039">Lord
Lawson</a>: Conservative – Recent Chairman of Oxford Investment Partners
Lawson once said 'the NHS was the closest thing the English had to a religion'.<br />
<br />
38. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-leigh-of-hurley/4295">Lord
Leigh of Hurley</a>: A designated member of Cavendish Capital Advisers LLP.
Advisers on Mergers and Acquisitions. They are involved in healthcare and have
advised on <a href="http://www.cavendish.com/sectors/healthcare">multiple</a>
healthcare deals. <a href="http://www.cavendish.com/deals">Director</a> of
Cavendish Corporate Finance.<br />
<br />
39. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-lloyd-webber/2049">Lord
Lloyd-Webber</a> - Conservative - Shares in Catlin Group Limited, began writing
Healthcare Professional Liability insurance in London in 1994. They offer
extensive knowledge of medical, healthcare and pharmaceutical markets. Shares
in Smiths Group plc, which produces medical equipment. Shares in AstraZeneca
(pharmaceuticals). The NHS is the primary customer for Astrazeneca medicines in
the UK. Shares in Gilead Sciences, a research-based pharmaceutical company,
which supplies the NHS. hares in GlaxoSmithKline (pharmaceuticals), and Johnson
& Johnson (pharmaceuticals), which both supply to the NHS. Standad life,
which supply Private Medical Insurance plans to both corporate and individual
customers and have an extensive range of healthcare products. Raffles medical
group - operates a network of 74 multi-disciplinary clinics across Singapore.
Shares in Stryker Corporation orthopedic market and is one of the world’s
largest medical device companies. Has voted in 1.49% of votes in this House
with this affiliation — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip). Voted
in the Health and Social care bill on commissioning.<br />
<br />
40. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-macfarlane-of-bearsden/1888">Lord
Macfarlane</a>: Conservative - Has shares in Prudential plc, which offers
private health insurance. Shares in Aviva plc, which offers private health
care. Shares in Smith & Nephew (Pharmaceuticals) hip-replacement and
bandaging group.Has voted in 6.25% of votes in this House with this affiliation
— well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip). Voted on the Health and
Social Care bill.<br />
<br />
41. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-magan-of-castletown/4227">Lord
Magan of Castletown</a>: Conservative – Member of the advisory board on Axa
Private equity, which invests heavily in healthcare. Recent Director of the
SISK Group of healthcare companies. <br />
<br />
42. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-marland/3797">Lord
Marland</a>: Shares in Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc - their website states
'the placing and serving of healthcare insurance...is a specialist field in
which we excel.' Their insurance covers hospitals, Physician cover, Clinics,
Long-term care, allied health professionals and more. Shares in Standard Life,
which sells health insurance. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">43. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mccoll-of-dulwich/1892">Lord
McColl</a>: Conservative - was a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6053241/David-Cameron-defends-health-spokesman-over-private-health-links.html">paid</a>
a fee as a consultant to a new private healthcare company that provides a
fee-paying rival to the National Health Service’s family doctor service.<br />
<br />
Endeavour Health, which was set up by two hedge fund advisers, claims to be
Britain’s first comprehensive GP network, offering access to the best doctors
and the opportunity to beat NHS queues and have appointments at any time they
want. Endeavour Health was founded last year by two financial advisers, Briton
Yadin Shemmer and American Jonathan Weiss, to compete with the NHS. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8209292.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8209292.stm</a> has
since claimed no ties with the company.<br />
<br />
44. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-moore-of-lower-marsh/1022">Lord
Moore of Lower Marsh</a>: Conservative - Shares in Johnson &
Johnson, which supplies the NHS. Merck & Co inc (pharmaceuticals,
Novartis AG (pharmaceuticals), which supplies the NHS. Shares in BT group,
which is one of the largest suppliers of communications to the NHS. BT was
involved in the failed NHS computer system overhaul. Shares in Vodafone
group: Vodafone produced a report by themselves, which showed how they can
help drive efficiency in healthcare costs promoting the use of SMS texts which
go via them and other mobile phone companies. South-Central ambulance service
NHS trust have appointed Vodafone UK as its communications partner. Has voted
in only 14.53% of votes below average, but managed to vote on all the Health
and Social Care ones.<br />
<br />
45. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-naseby/1251">Lord
Naseby</a>: Conservative - Was until October 2011 Chairman of and a
share-holder in Invesco Perpetual Recovery Trust. Trust voluntarily wound down
on October 27th 2011 - One fifth of their investments were in pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies. Quotes on bill: <span style="color: #cc0000;">'I
want to make it clear that I support the Bill. More importantly, I support the
need for the Bill.' </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">'Finally, competition is good for any
industry...Competition gives people pride and responsibility.'<br />
<br />
</span><span style="color: black;">46.</span><span style="color: #262626;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-nash/4270"><span style="color: #262626;">Lord Nash</span></a></span><span style="color: black;">:</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Conservative - In
November 2009, John Nash made a <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-nash/4270">donation</a>
of £21,000 to then shadow health secretary <a href="http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Andrew_Lansley">Andrew Lansley</a>,
now Secretary of State for Health. Nash and his wife Caroline are regular Tory
donors who have given £300,000 to the party since 2006. In August 2010 Nash was
one of four City figures invited by UK chancellor <a href="http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/George_Osborne">George Osborne</a> to
join the <a href="http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/HM_Treasury_Independent_Challenge_Group">HM
Treasury Independent Challenge Group</a>, whose remit is to “question the
unquestionable” in the Treasury's austerity drive.</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">Until 2010, Chairman of Care UK, one of the leading
private healthcare providers in the UK – he sits on the free market board of
the Centre for Policy Studies who have produced several papers on dismantling
the NHS and turning it into a health insurance system. His wife Caroline has <a href="http://www.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/blog/entry/donor-of-the-week-john-caroline-nash">made</a>
significant donations, giving £172,500 to the Conservative Party between 2008
and 2010. At least Lord Nash didn’t vote on the bill as he was made a Peer in
January 21<sup>st</sup> 2013. However, despite these interests, he would still
be allowed to for any future bill that is on healthcare.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">Lord Nash was also a <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/19/nhs-reform-leaves-tory-backers-with-links-to-private-healthcare-firms-set-for-bonanza-115875-22859373/">founder</a>
of City firm Sovereign Capital, which runs a string of private healthcare
firms. Fellow founder Ryan Robson is another major Tory donor who has given the
party £252,429.45. His donations included £50,000 to be a member of the party’s
“Leader’s Group”, a secretive cash-for-access club. Sovereign Capital also <a href="http://www.sovereigncapital.co.uk/businesses-we-back/healthcare-services/">back</a>
several healthcare companies. He also has shares in Aviva who do private health
insurance. See <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lord-help-us-tory-donor-made-peer.html">article
</a>on Lord Nash.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #0b4000;">47</span>. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-noakes/2554">Baroness
Noakes</a>: Conservative - Shares in BT Group (communications), which is
one of the largest suppliers of communications to the NHS. BT was involved in
the failed NHS computer system overhaul. Shares in Astrazeneca
(Pharmaceuticals) - The NHS is the primary customer for Astrazeneca
medicines in the UK. GlaxoSmithKline (pharmaceuticals) supplies the NHS.
Vodafone Group plc, Vodafone produced a report by themselves, which showed
how they can help drive efficiency in healthcare costs promoting the use of SMS
texts which go via them and other mobile phone companies. South-Central
ambulance service NHS trust have appointed Vodafone UK as its communications
partner.<br />
<br />
Quotes on the bill: <span style="color: red;">I hope that other noble Lords
will not encourage the Government to keep any limits which constrain the NHS
from maximising its assets for the purposes of the NHS.'<br />
<br />
</span>48. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-patten/1137">Lord
Patten</a>: Conservative - Senior Advisor for Charterhouse Development
Capital Ltd - who purchased Tunstall for <a href="http://www.charterhouse.co.uk/portfolio">£510 Million in 2008</a>.
Tunstall are a Telecare provider. Tunstall provides services that allow the
elderly to be able to be monitored remotely. Chief executive of Tunstall
supported Andrew Lansley's bill. Following the takeover in 2008, Tunstall were
awarded a <a href="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/tunstall-reaping-rewards-of-nhs-shake-up-1-5799779">three-year
contract</a> for services to NHS North Yorkshire and North. Tunstall have also
been given a framework agreement to provide telecare, telehealth and
telecoaching to NHS services, which forms part of Andrew Lansley's vision for
developing telecare across the UK. The <a href="http://www.tunstall.co.uk/pasa">framework
agreement</a> began on 16th of August 2010. Shares in GlaxoSmith Kline plc and
Vodafone who are also involved in telecare.<br />
<br />
49. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-patten-of-barnes/1136">Lord
Patten of Barnes</a>: Adviser to private equity firm Bridgepoint. <span style="color: #262626;">The company who also have Alan Milburn the former
Secretary of State for Health under Tony Blair, as chair of the board, have
been involved in 17 healthcare deals over recent years and you can see their
latest portfolio in health <a href="http://www.bridgepoint.eu/en/investment-portfolio/?articles_divisions=&articles_sectors=1207&articles_locations=&articles_sort_results=asc&page=1">here</a>.
Eight of these companies remain as their current investments, which include
four in the UK at a combined investment worth over <a href="http://www.bridgepoint.eu/current-investments"><span style="color: #bb2c2e;">£1.1
billion</span></a>. For more, click <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lord-patten-of-barnes-bridgepoint-and.html">here</a>.
Purchased <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8b086ee-99e9-11e2-83ca-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2PF8ArIPV">Oasis</a>
Healthcare for £185 million in March 2013. See article on him <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lord-patten-of-barnes-bridgepoint-and.html">here</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">50. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-popat/4173">Lord Popat</a>:
Conservative - Founder and sole owner of TLC group Ltd who run private care
homes. Lord Popat gave David Cameron a donation as a gift for £25,000 a week
after the Conservatives' unveiled their health 'reforms'. David Cameron made
businessman a peer shortly after getting into ten Downing street. Voted on the
Health and Social Care bill loyally.<br />
<br />
Donations: According to the electoral commission, Lord Popat has given £43,700
to Conservative Central party in the years 2010/11.<br />
<br />
51. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-ribeiro/4195">Lord
Ribeiro</a>: Conservative – Former adviser on hospital reorganisation to
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). PWC is heavily involved in consultancy services
to the NHS and gets paid for setting up contracts amongst many other services.<br />
<br />
52. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/matthew-ridley/51454">Viscount
Ridley</a>: Conservative – shares Quantum DX (medical devices)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">53. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-saatchi/2154">Lord
Saatchi</a>: A partner and shares in M&C Saatchi plc - a marketing company.
Involved in multiple campaign projects for the government including the Change4Life
project aimed at promoting healthier living to tackle obesity. M&C Saatchi
also worked for PPP healthcare, AXA insurance. Saatchi have
multiple pharmaceutical clients, including; Astrazeneca, Pfizer and Merck.
There website says: 'We transform raw data about life-changing brands into real
meaning for healthcare professionals.' Has voted in 15.33% of votes in the
house - well below average. Voted on key parts of the Health and Social Care
bill.<br /><br />54. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sassoon/4146">Lord Sassoon</a>: Shares in healthcare and medical research company, Abbott Laboratories, shares in GlaxoSmithKline, personal and healthcare product company, Kimberley-Clark Corp, Johnson and Johnson<br />
<br />
55. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/earl-of-selborne/2102">Earl
of Selborne</a>: Shares in Prudential, which offers private health
insurance.<br />
<br />
56. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sheikh/3794">Lord
Sheikh</a>: Chairman and director of Macmillan Sheikh plc - insurance and
financial services, which offers private health insurance - voted loyally on
Health and Social care bill.<br />
<br />
57. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sheppard-of-didgemere/2116">Lord
Sheppard</a>: Has shares in Diageo, a drinks company who have been awarded
money to teach midwives in England and Wales on the dangers of alcohol. No, you
can't make it up. Lansley used to hold a directorship at Profero who had Diageo
as one of their clients. Ex-boss of <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/440668/Ask-the-boss-How-ex-boss-of-Diageo-is-shaping-up-as-head-of-Bupa">Diageo</a>
became <a href="http://www.bupa.com/business-and-investors/our-status-and-governance/our-leadership-team/stuart-fletcher/">chief
executive</a> of Bupa in 2013. Fletcher said ‘Bupa could provide British
services similar to those in Spain but said political sensitivity may frustrate
ministers’.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">58. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-swinfen/2235">Lord
Swinfen</a>: Unpaid director of Swinfen Charitable Trust who have American
Telemedicine Association as their partners for global crisis work using
telehealth technology. Lord Swinfen is also an unpaid director of The American
Telemedicine Association, which has <a href="http://www.americantelemed.org/about-ata/ata-members/corporate-members">multiplemembers</a>
who supply the NHS and private health care. The members according to the
website: 'Play a special role in shaping the future of the telemedicine
industry. The American Telemedicine Association has written a new <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/mobile-healthcare/p/881541247/high-risk-pregnancies-telemedicine-can-save-186-million-in-medicaid-expenditure">legislative
proposal</a> to the American congress to expand the use of telemedicine. Voted
loyally on Health and Social Care bill. Telecare is expanding throughout the
NHS as a way of treating people from home. These companies that are part of the
American Telemedicine Association are set to benefit.<br />
<br />
59. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-tugendhat/1705">Lord
Tugendhat</a>: Conservative: Adviser to Trilantic Capital Partners, a private
equity firm “active” in healthcare.<br />
<br />
Quotes on the bill: '<span style="color: red;">The Government's mistake was to
introduce a Bill that sought to impose a massive programme of management and
structural change on top of an ambitious cost-cutting programme</span>.' <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">60. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-wade-of-chorlton/1809">Lord
Wade of Chorlton</a>: Director, unpaid of RisingStars Growth Fund Ltd an early
stage venture capital company - The fund prefers to invest in amongst other
sectors, healthcare. Rising Stars Growth Fund invests in multiple healthcare
companies that supply the NHS. <br />
<br />
61. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-wakeham/1278">Lord
Wakeham</a>: Conservative – Recent advisor to L.E.K. Consulting, which
specialises in helping private <a href="http://www.lek.com/industries/healthcare-services">healthcare</a>
companies identify "growth and new business development" and
"opportunities with the government".<br />
<br />
62. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-waldegrave-of-north-hill/957">Lord
Waldegrave</a>: Conservative – Recently an adviser to UBS Investment Bank UBS
bank, whose healthcare di5ision earned the firm over $1billion since 2005.
Fellow Tory peer Lord Garel-Jones is MD of UBS bank. Has voted in 7.88% of
votes in this House with this affiliation — well below average amongst Lords.
(From Public Whip) - Voted in key votes on the Health and Social care
bill. Director of Biotech Growth Trust plc - which is managed by Orbimed.
OrbiMed is the world's largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm, with
approximately $5 billion in assets under management.<br />
<br />
63. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-wasserman/4207">Lord
Wasserman</a>: Conservative - Shares in Diageo plc an alcohol drinks company
who have been awarded money to teach midwives in England and Wales on the
dangers of alcohol. No, you can't make it up. Lansley used to hold a
directorship at Profero who had Diageo as one of their clients. Shares in
Johnson & Johnson Inc, which supplies the NHS. Shares in Procter &
Gamble Co, which supplies the NHS. Walgreen Company - American pharmaceutical company.
For more on <a href="http://www.rxcomms.com/2008/07/%E2%80%98big-box-companies-and-public-health/">Walgreens</a>.
The bill will give pharmaceuticals even more diverse healthcare providers to
build relationships with. Voted loyally on the Health and Social Care bill.<br />
<br />
64. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-wheatcroft/4199">Baroness
Wheatcroft</a>: Conservative: Business Consultant, DLA Piper (legal services) a
global law firm providing lobbying services to “clients in the health and
social care sectors”. DLA Piper, which advised ministers on the failed £12
billion IT project for the NHS. Member of the Advisory Board, Pelham Bell
Pottinger (financial and corporate communications) - Bell Pottinger whose
lobbying clients include Southern Cross, BT Health and AstraZeneca. For more on
Pottinger see Lord Pottinger. Voted loyally on the Health and Social Care bill.<br />
<br />
65. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-young-of-graffham/1754">Lord
Young</a>: Lord Young is a shareholder and principal investor in TSSI
security. It supplies equipment to the MOD, the NHS, the General
Medical Council, universities, pharmaceutical firms, banks and
corporations. Its blue chip customer <a href="http://www.itrportal.com/articles/2005/09/30/2100-worlds-smallest-fingerprint-template-wins-iee-innovation-in-engineering-security-award-for">list</a>
includes the NHS with a NHS smartcard system. TSSI were responsible for the
first ever electronic database of doctors. The NHS Occupational Health Smart
Card Scheme (OHSC) was sponsored by the Dept of Health and newly
created NHS Employers in 2001.The scheme was expanded in 2005 to include
graduating medical students and in 2006 trusts were able to update records
without doctors having to present their smart cards. NHS Employers
Guidance for <a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/OHSC_guidance_for_New_Applicants090209.pdf">doctors </a>on
Smart Cards: TSSI clients include <a href="http://www.securitypark.co.uk/tssi-improves-staff-efficiency-and-patient-care-for-ramsay-health-care/">Ramsay</a>
Healthcare. Chairman of Camcom Medical – which has <a href="http://www.camcontec.com/camcon-lifesciences">moved</a> into healthcare
through medical manufacturing.</span></div>
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1. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-alliance/3710">Lord
Alliance</a>: Shares in Huntsworth plc - a company whose CEO is
Conservative <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.com/2012/02/meet-lord-chadlington-hes-about-to-vote.html">Lord
Chadlington</a> – which donated £15,500 to the party in August last
year and has given money every year since 2008. Denied it at first but
Electoral Commission found them out. The same company that had Baroness
Cumberledge as one of their non-executive directors. Heavily involved in
lobbying and PR. Article on Lord Alliance <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/liberal-democrat-peer-has-shares-in.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />
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(strategic advice to charities, local authorities and companies engaged in charitable
activities. Income received from the Member's work in this connection is paid
to the company. Baroness Barker has </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">50 per cent holding in Barker and Woodard
Consulting Limited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.barkerandwoodardconsulting.co.uk/index.html">website</a></b>
it says Baroness Barker and Kirsty Woodward established the company in
2008, (though her interest was registered on 26/04/12).</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
a blog post on the NHS from their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.barkerandwoodardconsulting.co.uk/21.html">website</a></b> it
says - "As we all know, it’s incredibly difficult out there for most third
sector organisations, especially for smaller locally based/funded ones, and
however much many organisations in principle disagree with the changes to the
NHS, most organisations are also seeing it as an opportunity to tap into health
service funds. With Local Authorities being cut to the bone and increased
competition for Trust funding, the NHS is one of the few places where people
think it’s possible to get money. <span style="font-size: 16px!important;">However,
let us be very clear, the NHS needs to save money; 20 billion by 2015 which is
roughly £90 million a day. Any service a CCG buys from the voluntary sector
will have to demonstrate how it will help save the NHS money.</span>"</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />"The Dept of Health has stated it wants the
NHS to be the biggest social enterprise zone in the world. The competition for
funding will be intense and will only increase. If we don’t want to miss out,
we need to make our case now, and as strongly as possible."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">B&W Consulting
have developed a training programme tailored to small local third sector
organisations about selling to the NHS called "The Right Prescription"</span>
<br />
<br />
See <b><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/charity-sector-lobbied-jeremy-hunt-to.html">article</a></b>
on how the Charity Sector lobbied Jeremy Hunt on not watering down the
privatisation amendments of the health bill. <span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US"><br />
3. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-clement-jones/3396">Lord
Clement-Jones</a>: Partner in DLA Piper, a global law firm providing lobbying
services to “clients in the health and social care sectors”. DLA Piper
counts <a href="http://www.dlapiper.com/uk/services/detail.aspx?service=104&tab=tab_5">Southern
Cross</a> amongst its clients. Lord Clement-Jones nominated Lord
Hameed for his peerage, a nomination supported by Lord Dholakia. Lord Hameed
sits on the board of Alpha hospitals, part of the Alpha Healthcare (C&C
Alpha/C&C business solutions) group. The Alpha group has made significant
donations to the Liberal Democrat party. In 2008, Lord Clement-Jones was the
party treasurer. The Times exposed Lord Clement-Jones as being the man who
nominated Lord Hameed, after the peer had originally said he had 'no idea.'
Ownership of Alpha is usually assigned to Bhanu Dhruv Choudhrie who were
accused of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/19/liberaldemocrats-donors-corruption">brokering
an israeli arms deal</a>. Article on him <a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/andrew-robertson/healthcare-coup-lords-didnt-save-us-first-time">here</a>.<br />
<br />
4. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-lee-of-trafford/1132">Lord
Lee</a>: Shares in United Drug plc (Pharmaceuticals) - Provide home-based
pharmacy care for patients covered by the NHS as a joint venture from 2009 with
Medco Health Solutions.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US">5. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-lester-of-herne-hill/2037">Lord
Lester</a>: Has shares in Investor AB an investment company that invests
in healthcare companies amongst other sectors. One company is Gambro, a global
medical technology company, which sells its products to the NHS. <br /><br />6. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/Lord-Razzall/3275">Lord Razzall</a>: Is a director of Gobal Medical equipment supplier Telescan AS. <br />
<br />
7. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-rennard/2484">Lord
Rennard</a>: Director, British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA) -
Voted loyally on the Health and Social Care bill - The BHTA's purpose, as a
trade association, is to ensure that the market for healthcare and assistive
technologies is competitive, profitable and well-regulated. They work in
partnership with industry, government, and other stakeholders. Set up a
communications company with his wife called Rennard & McTegart Ltd. through
this company provides public affairs advice to the British Healthcare Trade
Association. Rennard & McTegart Ltd provide management, campaign,
communications and fund raising consultancy. Patron of 2020health think tank –
see what they think of the NHS reforms <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/communications-reveal-2020health-wants.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />
8. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sharman/2508">Lord
Sharman</a>: Former chairman of Aviva following <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/sep/16/aviva-sharman-replacement">retirement</a>,
and retains Shareholdings in Aviva plc - his being chairman is not registered
in the register of interests - Aviva sells health insurance and will likely
benefit from any increase in privatisation - they promote how you don't have to
have waiting times if you take out insurance with them. Dr Doug Wright,
principal clinical consultant at Aviva Health UK, said "I think we
could start to see waiting lists increase again, especially for some of the
elective procedures that are within the traditional medical insurance
territory," Dr Wright said. Earlier this month, a spokesman for the
Association of British Insurers noted that health insurance could be a
"very useful product" for many people in the UK of which to take
advantage.<br />
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9. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-steel-of-aikwood/949">Lord
Steel</a>: Non-executive Director, General Mediterranean Holding SA is a
Business group with activities in amongst other sectors Trading &
Pharmaceuticals. The Industrial, Trading & Pharmaceuticals part is split
into two companies of interest. Meditech UK Ltd has software currently
installed at ten medical facilities in the UK including the NHS. MEDITECH is
the leading supplier of healthcare information systems in North America. The
other company is Crescent Pharma Ltd, which <a href="http://www.gmhsa.com/majorachievements.html">directly</a> and indirectly
supplies a wide range of major distributors and customers within the UK,
including the NHS.<br />
<br />
10. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-taverne/1696">Lord
Taverne</a>: <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldselect/ldeucom/131/13107.htm">Former</a>
Chairman of private health insurer Axa Sun Life’s monitoring board. Shares in
Unilever whose European venture capital arm Unilever Ventures joined with a
company called Vectura to form a pharma arm to their company. Shares in
GlaxoSmithKline, who provide products to the NHS. Has shares in a company
called Informa which provides authoritative research and analysis and
up-to-the-minute business news, comment and events for all sectors of the
healthcare, medical and life sciences communities. They present their findings
to clients who then invest based on their reports. Has shares in Legal and
General, which provides healthcare insurance.<br />
<br />
11. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-vallance-of-tummel/3697">Lord
Vallance</a>: Member, International Advisory Board, Allianz SE (insurance)
- company offers medical insurance. Also Member, Supervisory Board, Siemens AG
- which supplies medical equipment to the NHS. Voted loyally - and against Lord
Rea's proposal of declining to give the bill a second reading.<br />
<br />
12. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-watson-of-richmond/2487">Lord
Watson</a>: Chairman, Havas Media UK - MPG Media Contacts is an integrated
agency, 100% owned by Havas Media. In April 2011 - MPG Media Contacts <a href="http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1065849/MPG-Media-Contacts-wins-Circle-Health-media-business/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH">won</a>
the integrated media planning and buying account for Circle Health, the
healthcare partnership that runs and builds hospitals. The account is worth
just under £1m, according to MPG Media Contacts, and the scope of the work
covers offline and online channels in the UK. Circle, which became the first
private UK firm to run an NHS hospital last year when it won the tender to run
Hinchingbrooke Hospital, plans to build a network of 30 hospitals across the UK
in the coming years.<br />
<br />
Paul Frampton, managing director, MPG Media Contacts, said: "We're proud
to be working with Circle, which does an excellent job in the Healthcare
sector.<br />
<br />
"Our primary aim will be to deliver them an integrated media strategy that
will bring them real value this year."<br />
<br />
<b>Labour Lords<br />
</b><br />
1. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-billingham/2538">Baroness
Billingham</a>: Made regular contributions to Cumberlege Eden & Partners a
training company for training NHS personnel and is a <a href="http://www.cumberlegeeden.co.uk/about-us/">political networking</a> firm
that works "extensively" with the pharmaceutical industry.<br />
<br />
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">2</span><span lang="EN-US">. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-carter-of-coles/3680">Lord
Carter</a>: The head of the increasingly influential Competition and
Cooperation Panel, is a7n adviser to Warburg Pincus International Ltd, a
private equity firm with significant investments in the healthcare industry.
Chairman Patrick Carter, or Lord Carter of Coles to give him his full title,
was the founder of Westminster Health Care, a leading private nursing home
company. He is also the Chair of McKesson Information Solutions Ltd, which
delivers IT to “virtually every NHS organisation”, the chair of Primary Group
Ltd, a Bermudan based private equity company, and a substantial shareholder in,
among other companies, B-Plan Information Systems Ltd, which has also benefited
from the increased need for large scale IT systems that the introduction of an
internal market to the NHS has brought with it (see the interview with Frank
Wood, of King’s foundation trust, where B-Plan has worked, in the last <a href="http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3924">news update</a>). Carter’s
register of interests in the House of Lords also lists him as an adviser to
Warburg Pincus International Ltd, a private equity firm, which has significant
investments in the healthcare industry. It even rescued United Healthcare from
financial ruin in 1987 and helped it to become one of the largest healthcare
companies in the world. He can now help it to become one of the biggest
beneficiaries of the government’s reforms. - <span style="color: #0023dd;"><a href="http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=3934">http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=3934</a><br />
<br />
</span>3.<span style="color: #0023dd;"> </span><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/viscount-chandos/3308">Viscount
Chandos</a>: Former director of investment management company <a href="http://www.sandaire.com/">Sand Eire limited</a> - who invest amongst
other sectors, in Healthcare.<br />
<br />
4. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-darzi-of-denham/3779">Lord
Darzi</a>: Labour - Former surgeon drafted into government as a health
minister by Gordon Brown when he was PM. Now an adviser to medical technology
firm GE Healthcare.<br />
<br />
Quotes on bill: <span style="color: #cc0000;">he would find it 'difficult at
this stage' to vote for blocking the Bill...'I am speaking as a surgeon, not a
politician.'<br />
<br />
</span>5. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-davies-of-abersoch/3879">Lord
Davies of Abersoch</a>: A non-executive Director of Diageo. Lansley used
to hold a directorship at Profero who had Diageo as one of their
clients. Diageo plc are an alcohol drinks company, who have been awarded
money to teach midwives in England and Wales on the dangers of alcohol. Vice
Chairman and partner in Corsair Capital llc, who have amongst others Axis
Capital holdings in their portfolio, providers of healthcare insurance
products. Shares in Chime Communications – company run by Lord Bell, that has
multiple health-related companies in it group.<br />
<br />
6. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-eatwell/2802">Lord
Eatwell</a>: Economic Adviser at Warburg Pincus & Co International
Ltd, a private equity firm with significant investments in the <a href="http://www.warburgpincus.com/industries/healthcare/Default.aspx">healthcare
industry</a>. Economic advisor to Palamon Capital Partners LLP, who also
heavily invest in <a href="http://www.palamon.com/press/index.php?read=63">private
healthcare</a>.<br />
<br />
7. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-elder/2481">Lord
Elder</a>: Advisor to <a href="http://www.davalinternational.com/scientific_advisory_board.html">pharmaceutical</a>
company Daval International Ltd<br />
<br />
8. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-evans-of-watford/2766">Lord
Evans of Watford</a>: Labour – Former director of healthcare <a href="http://www.carecapital.co.uk/CurrentProjects.aspx">property firm</a> Care
Capital. <a href="http://www.advancedoncotherapy.com/About/TheAVOboardofdirectors.aspx">Chairman</a>
of Advanced Oncotherapy Plc.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">9. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-gavron/2504">Lord Filkin</a>:
Labour – Recent adviser to outsourcing giant Serco, heavily involved in NHS
services, took over out of hours services. <br />
<br />
10. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-ford/3791">Baroness
Ford</a>: Chairman of private healthcare company, <a href="http://www.barchester.com/">Barchester Healthcare Ltd</a>. Part of the
NHS Partners Network, who were instrumental in lobbying on behalf of private
healthcare prior to the bill, during the Health bill. Chairman of Grove Ltd, a
holding company for for Barchester Health. <br />
<br />
11. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-gavron/2504">Lord
Gavron</a>: Has shares in Serco, Smith & Nephew plc, Diageo, Unilever,
Astrazeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Rhoen-Klinikum AG (private healthcare), Roche
Holdings AG, Fresenius Medical Care AG, Sanofi-Aventis, Vodafone Group plc,
Prudential Life. <br />
<br />
12. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-goldsmith/2490">Lord
Goldsmith</a>: Co-Managing Partner in International law firm Debevoise &
Plimpton LLP, <a href="http://www.debevoise.com/areasofpractice/servicedetail.aspx?id=cd5a96d9-27c5-4ecd-9bc8-17c6f1a69c5a">whose
clients include</a>: Bayer; Bristol Myers Squibb; Forest Laboratories;
Galderma; GlaxoSmithKline; Hisamitsu; Johnson & Johnson; Merck; Nestlé;
Novartis; L’Oréal; Pfizer; Schering-Plough; and Tenet Healthcare, among
others.'<br />
<br />
13. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-grocott/276">Lord
Grocott</a>: Trainer at Cumberlege Eden & Partners: (See Baroness
Cumberlege).<br />
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14. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-harris-of-haringey/2671">Lord
Harris of Haringey</a>: Former Senior adviser to business services giant KPMG,
who are heavily involved in implementing changes in the NHS and its <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/jan/14/kpmg-nhs-london-gp-commissioning-unitedhealth">commissioning
groups</a> Wyeth Pharmaceuticals 2001. Previously remunerated by Cumberlege
Connections Ltd for occasional participation in training events. See Baroness
Cumberlege. One client Airwave through his own company Toby harris Associates
provides <a href="https://www.airwavesolutions.co.uk/what-we-do/ambulance-healthcare/">services</a>
to Ambulance and health.<br />
<br />
15. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hollick/2732">Lord
Hollick</a>: Has shares in multiple companies involved in healthcare, which
include: Alliance Boots, Diageo, Ambea, HCA, Capsugel.<br />
<br />
16. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hunt-of-kings-heath/2024">Lord
Hunt of Kings Heath</a>: Consultant and Trainer at Cumberlege Connections Ltd:
See Baroness Cumberlege.<br />
<br />
17. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hutton-of-furness/494">Lord
Hutton of Furness</a>: Ex-health minister is an adviser to law firm
Eversheds. Clients include care homes and private hospitals. Special adviser to
PricewaterhouseCoopers – heavily involved in healthcare reforms and development
of the new Clinical Commissioning Groups.<br />
<br />
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">18. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-jay-of-paddington/1970">Baroness
Jay</a>: Occasional participation in seminars for Cumberlege
Connections. Company that is a training company NHS
personnel and a political networking firm that works
"extensively" with the pharmaceutical industry.<br />
<br />
19. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-kingsmill/3788">Baroness
Kingsmill</a>: Former Non exec director of Korn/Ferry International, an
executive recruitment firm. Among the diverse range of healthcare
organisations they have secured and developed top healthcare executives for are
in hospital systems, multi-specialty physician practices, pharmacy benefit
management companies, long-term care/assisted-living companies, home health
companies, healthcare associations, and other service delivery companies. Two
other peers work for them. Also a deputy Chairman of <a href="http://www.pwc.co.uk/economic-services/health.jhtml">PricewaterhouseCoopers,
which claims</a> to have “been at the heart of shaping [healthcare]
reforms and working with clients to respond to the opportunities they present”.<br />
<br />
20. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-leitch/3677">Lord
Leitch</a>: Chairman. Non Exec director of Bupa - <br />
<br />
Quote: <span style="color: red;">‘When we debate healthcare in the UK, all too
often the focus is on the NHS alone. Yet the independent sector is more
important than ever, providing services directly to patients, residents,
insurers, and to the NHS itself. Going forward, all of us must think in terms
of partnership, not rivalry.’</span> Health bill in 2008.<br />
<br />
21. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-liddell-of-coatdyke/573">Baroness
Liddell</a>: Associate member of <a href="http://www.bupa.com/investor-relations/our-status-and-governance/association-members">Bupa</a>.
<br />
<br />
22. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mcconnell-of-glenscorrodale/4168">Lord
McConnell of Glenscorrodale</a>: Member of the advisory board to accountants
and auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers. See Baroness Kingsmill. Non-executive
Director, DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd (dispensing opticians).<br />
<br />
23. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-mcdonagh/3701">Baroness
McDonagh</a>: Former Non Executive Director of Standard Life plc, which offers
private health insurance.<br />
<br />
24. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-mallalieu/1846">Baroness
Mallalieu</a>: Has shares in pharmaceutical giant Reckitt Benckiser. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">25. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-malloch-brown/3774">Lord
Malloch-Brown</a>: Former recent chairman of FTI Global Affairs an advisory
firm, which helps companies in the <a href="http://www.fticonsulting.com/industries/healthcare/index.aspx">healthcare
sector</a> amongst others. On his appointment in 2010 he said: "Lord
Malloch-Brown said, "The global economy has reached a tipping point, with
Western companies under great pressure to shift their footprint towards
emerging markets."<br />
<br />
26. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mandelson/500">Lord
Mandelson</a>: Chairman at Lazard International Ltd, an international advisory
investment bank, which includes the area of <a href="http://www.lazardmm.com/healthcare">healthcare</a>. <br />
<br />
27. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-moonie/621">Lord
Moonie</a>: Advisor for Edinburgh-based healthcare and biosecurity company
Americum. Former senior advisor to pharmaceutical company Pharmathene Ltd. Lord
Moonie, previously accused in <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-peers-face-inquiry-over-cash-for-influence-report-1515737.html">cash
for influence scandal</a>.<br />
<br />
28. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-morgan-of-huyton/2168">Baroness
Morgan of Huyton</a>: Ex-director of failed care home firm Southern Cross.
Member of the advisory Committee board for Virgin Group Holdings Ltd. Virgin
own over 100 NHS services. See article on them <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/labour-used-virgin-restricted-report-to.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />
29. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-myners/3869">Lord
Myners</a>: Non-Executive Director of RIT Capital partners plc, who according
to their <a href="http://www.ritcap.co.uk/download/ar2010.pdf">annual report</a>
invest extensively in healthcare. Also has at <a href="http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/63520/cevian-capital-brings-stake-in-alent-to-2156-63520.html">least</a>
£63,000 worth of shares in the company.<br />
<br />
30. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-noon/4232">Lord Noon</a>:
Director of Nutrahealth plc is a holding company which is 100% owned subsidiary
of Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd, an Indian based healthcare company since November
2010. The businesses <a href="http://www.neutrahealthplc.com/default.aspx">operated
in the UK</a> are Biocare, Brunel Health and Totally Nourish. Shares in
Casualty Plus Ltd - private walk-in clinic.<br />
<br />
31. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-puttnam/3268">Lord
Puttnam</a>: Recent former director of Huntsworth communications group, a
global public relations and integrated healthcare communications group. Did not
stand for the board this year (2012). Deputy chair of Profero (See Andrew
Lansley). Senior Non-executive director of Promethean World plc a technological
hardware company, which according to its <a href="http://www.prometheanworld.com/Content/media/pdf/Promethean%20World%20Plc_annual%20report%20and%20accounts%202011.pdf">annual
reports</a> a new division was created, which amongst other sectors
included healthcare.<br />
<br />
32. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sainsbury-of-turville/2161">Lord
Sainsbury of Turville</a>: Has shares in multiple companies involved in private
healthcare including: Becton Dickinson, Hospira Inc, Vodafone plc (See Baroness
James), JP Morgan (See Lord Renwick), Quest Diagnostics Inc, Johnson &
Johnson. Currently on a leave of absence. <br />
<br />
33. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sawyer/2105">Lord
Sawyer</a>: Chair of Norlife, part of a government led initiative called LIFT,
set up as partnership project in the county of Norfolk creating <a href="http://www.norlife.co.uk/portfolio.html">PFI</a> projects.<br />
<br />
34. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-simpson-of-dunkeld/3124">Lord
Simpson</a>: (Currently on a leave of absence) Shares in multiple healthcare
companies including Reckitt Benckiser, Standard Chartered Bank plc,
GlaxoSmithKline, Vodafone plc.<br />
<br />
35. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sugar/3897">Lord
Sugar</a>: Amscreen Plc is part of Lord Sugar’s Amshold Group of companies,
which he owns. The company provides T.V screens into places where there is a
captive audience and places targeted marketing alongside the other content the
organisation may use. These screens are <a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/en/news-1/apprentice-winners-achieve-success-with-amscreen-healthcare">placed</a>
in GP surgeries, hospitals and dentists throughout the UK and in Europe. </span></div>
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together to sponsor live <a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/en/news-1/amscreen-and-bmi-healthcare-agree-partnership">weather</a>
feeds to advise patients on their ‘healthcare choice’. This sponsorship deal
will reach 3 million patients across the Amscreen network. Nigel Moon, Head of
Marketing at BMI Healthcare has said “This advertising and sponsorship package
provides us with a great opportunity to feature BMI Healthcare, our local
hospitals and services to a highly targeted audience at a key time in the patient
journey.” BMI Healthcare joins other leading brands such as Unilever, GSK and
Pfizer who are able to reach captive audiences in GP surgeries across the
healthcare network.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now Lord Sugar’s son who runs Amscreen has
teamed up with a face recognition company called Quividi. This <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/10170020/Minority-Report-moves-step-closer-as-Lord-Sugar-launches-face-recognition-adverts.html">technology</a>
will be able to ‘determine the gender, age, date, time and volume of the
viewers.’ This according to Lord Sugar’s son said “brands deserve to know not
just an estimation of how many eyeballs are viewing their adverts, but who they
are, too.” Maybe the public deserves to know who is monitoring them, and what
is happening to this data. Maybe the public deserves to be able to go to the GP
surgery and not be a target for advertisers. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Viglen Ltd – shares – company provides I.T.
<a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/viglen-awarded-public-sector-computer-contract-worth-30-million">services</a>
to the NHS. supplying over 45 central and local government councils, including
a number of NHS and local education authorities, just under 70,000 computers
over the next two years. See article on Lord Sugar <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/gp-surgeries-unwitting-partnership-with.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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36. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-symons-of-vernham-dean/2233">Baroness
Symons of Vernham Dean</a>: International consultant for legal firm DLA
Piper a global law firm providing lobbying services to “clients in the
health and social care sectors”. DLA Piper counts <a href="http://www.dlapiper.com/uk/services/detail.aspx?service=104&tab=tab_5">Southern
Cross</a> amongst its clients and advised on the failed £12 billion NHS
I.T. project.<br />
<br />
37. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-warner/1732">Lord
Warner</a>: Labour - Former adviser to Apax Partners, one of the leading global
investors in the healthcare sector. Current director of Sage Advice Ltd. Works
as an adviser to Xansa, a technology firm, and Byotrol, an antimicrobial
company, which both sell services or products to the NHS” and was “paid by DLA
Piper, which advised ministers on the £12 billion IT project for the NHS”
projects that he was responsible for when he was a government minister. Lord
Warner explains his role <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmpubadm/36/8050804.htm">here</a>.
Used to be an <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6073354/Millions-spent-on-NHS-management-consultants-with-Labour-links.html">advisor</a>
to PA Consulting in 2009. PA Consulting have <a href="http://www.paconsulting.co.uk/industries/government-and-public-services/supporting-nhs-clients-through-their-reconfiguration-journey/">worked</a>
with the new Clinical Commissioning Groups. Other NHS involvement <a href="http://www.paconsulting.co.uk/industries/government-and-public-services/transforming-healthcare/helping-organisations-respond-to-the-nhs-transition/">includes</a>,
training, helping commissioners in North-East London, performance management.
Adviser to Synlab – a German pathology company.<br />
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<b>Crossbench Peers <br />
</b><br />
37. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-adebowale/2175">Lord
Adebowale</a>: A recent non-executive director who had shares in St Vincent's
healthcare consulting company that offers consultancy to the healthcare market.
Their partners include: BT Health, IOCOM and AXSys.<br />
<br />
38. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-birt/2533">Lord
Birt</a>: Advisor to Private equity company, Terra Firma Capital Partners who <a href="http://www.terrafirma.com/investment/four-seasons-health-care.html">purchased</a>
Four Seasons Health Care in July 2012, the largest private UK health company,
who operate 447 Care Homes and 58 specialist care centres. Lord Birt was also a
partner with McKinsey from 2000-2005, who were instrumental in the development
of the Health and Social Care Act.<br />
<br />
39. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-boyce/3630">Lord
Boyce</a>: Non-executive director of global engineering and design company WS
Atkins - who were involved in multiple PFI projects and NHS building projects
including, Tayside Murray Royal Hospital, Ayrshire & Arran Community Health
Trust, Cummock Community hospital, and Doncaster & South Humber healthcare.
They gained £14.4 million from <a href="http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/atkins-sells-pfi-stake-074028201.html">selling</a>
their PFI stake. Strategic adviser with ATOS Origin. ATOS have been the
contractor involved in the DWP’s attacks on disability benefits, and have been
awarded the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/atos-to-work-on-nhs-care-data-project-despite-ongoing-mess-over-disability-benefit-assessments-9153885.html">contract</a>
to run the NHS care.data scheme, currently in chaos. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Chairman of D Group advisory board. D Group
is a business development and networking group, which according to its <a href="http://www.dgroup.co.uk/?page_id=6">website</a> is 'dedicated to
generating revenues and promoting the objectives of its members.' They have
over 70 members consisting of UK and International leading business, though
they are not listed. However in their <a href="http://www.dgroup.co.uk/?page_id=17">testimonial</a> page one company is
mentioned BT group plc, which is one of the largest suppliers of communications
to the NHS. BT was involved in the failed NHS computer system overhaul. The
testimonial of BT group PLC says 'The D Group provides effective and discreet
access to influential thinkers and policy makers on important topics.' The site
is currently being rebuilt, so some of these details may change on the new
site.<br />
<br />
40. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-chorley/3387">Lord
Chorley</a>: Shares in Pharmaceutical giant Astrazeneca, private health
insurance providers Prudential and Legal and General and banking group Standard
Chartered, which invests in healthcare companies and offers health insurance.
Shares in Reckitt Benckiser, in Unilever, and IBM, the latter supply software
to the NHS.<br />
<br />
41. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-currie-of-marylebone/2727">Lord
Currie of Marylebone</a>: Former recent Chairman of Semperian, an
investment vehicle, which owns a portfolio of mature Public Private Partnership
investments, including hospitals.<br />
<br />
42. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-elystan-morgan/2809">Lord
Elystan</a>: Has bonds held in HSBC-controlled companies - According to a Times
report in 2008, HSBC made almost £100 million from <a href="http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/targets/8">managingNHS hospitals</a> where
where contractors charge taxpayers inflated bills for simple tasks, such as
£210 to fit an electrical socket. <a href="http://www.resist.org.uk/uk/pfi/the-worlds-%E2%80%9Clocal-bank%E2%80%9D-owner-of-uk-state-schools-and-nhs-hospitals/">HSBC
has a controlling stake</a> of several hospitals, including outright ownership
of three NHS hospitals, located in Barnet, Central Middlesex, and West
Middlesex. HSBC used a legal loophole to handle the profits from PFI
schemes to a tax <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-hampshire-13035648">haven in
Guernsey</a>. HSBC offer <a href="http://www.healthinsuranceproviders.com/hsbc-health-insurance-review/">health
insurance</a>. Lord Elystan also hold shares in Santander which offers health
insurance and funds heavily in healthcare projects and companies. <br />
<br />
43. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/earl-of-erroll/2804">Earl
of Errol</a>: Chair on the Advisory board of software intelligence company
Flexeye Ltd. The company develops security applications and platforms, which
supplies the NHS. The Company's <a href="http://www.flexeyetech.com/operational-intelligence/healthcare.html">healthcare</a>
website says: 'Flexeye's Health Information Tool (HIP) is a communication tool
designed especially for the healthcare system.' Paid by Nihilent Technologies
PVT Ltd in unspecified capacity, an IT, consulting and outsourcing company.
Worked on multiple <a href="http://www.nihilent.com/healthcare.html">healthcare
projects</a> in multiple countries.<br />
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Grey-Thompson</a>: Recent 'Advisory' work for official Olympic sponsors and
pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline. The role is contractual to give internal
talks to staff and PR regarding their activation programme. The <a href="http://www.sciencebehindachievement.co.uk/london_2012_partnership/">programme
involved</a> a partnership with NHS London to inspire people with a variety of
long-term conditions to understand the benefits of an active lifestyle. Has
given two speaking engagements paid for by Proctor and Gamble, paid on an ad
hoc basis and not contractual.<br />
<br />
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">45. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-guthrie-of-craigiebank/3608">Lord
Guthrie of Craigiebank</a>: Member of the advisory board of Cannacord Genuity a
global capital markets division of Cannacord financial Inc. Their <a href="http://www.canaccordgenuity.com/en/Our-Company/Corporate-Finance/Sector-Expertise/Healthcare--Life-Sciences/">website
states</a>: 'Cannacord Genuity focuses on public and private healthcare
companies, at all stages of development.' <br />
<br />
46. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hameed/3767">Lord
Hameed</a>: Chair of private secure mental health hospital group Alpha
Hospitals, which is investing in a new acute private hospital in central
London. Alpha hospitals. part of the Alpha Healthcare (C&C
Alpha/C&C business solutions) group. The Alpha group has made significant
donations to the Liberal Democrat party. In 2008, Lord Clement-Jones was the
party treasurer. Lord Clement-Jones nominated Lord Hameed to become a peer.<br />
<br />
47. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hannay-of-chiswick/2167">Lord
Hannay</a>: Advisor to Frontier Strategy Group, who provide economic consulting
based on emerging markets. They list multiple pharmaceutical and healthcare
companies as their <a href="http://www.frontierstrategygroup.com/clients/">clients</a>. Has
shares in Lionheart Investment Fund who offer individual or group healthcare
coverage.<br />
<br />
48. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hastings-of-scarisbrick/3759">Lord
Hastings</a>: Global head of Citizenship and Diversity for global tax, Audit,
and advisory firm KPMG. The firm is heavily involved in the new NHS structural
changes, including <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/jan/14/kpmg-nhs-london-gp-commissioning-unitedhealth">GP
commissioning groups</a>. KPMG's head of Global Health and advisor to Cameron
famously said the NHS would be shown '<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/14/david-cameron-adviser-health-reform">no
mercy</a>'.<br />
<br />
49. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-hayman/1649">Baroness
Hayman</a>: Has shares in Standard Chartered plc, which <a href="http://www.standardchartered.com/lk/personal-banking/bancassurance/ifsaviva/IFS.pdf">offers
healthcare</a> through Aviva for its customers, and general health insurance.<br />
<br />
50. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-hogg/2632">Baroness
Hogg of Kettlethorpe</a>: Former recent chair of Frontier Economics, a
consultancy that advises private sector clients on the impact of healthcare
reforms and how "to shape regulatory environments". She still has
share options in the company.<br />
<br />
51. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-jones-of-birmingham/3775">Lord
Jones of Birmingham</a>: Chairman of software solutions company Neutrinos
Concepts Ltd, which has run a couple of <a href="http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/EHI/5900/shrewsbury-pilots-neutrino-bi">trials
in NHS trust hospitals</a>. He also has shares in the company. Former recent
senior advisor for HSBC plc and Chairman on the International Business Advisory
board for the same bank. (See Crossbench Lord Elystan for more on HSBC). A
senior advisor executive recruitment agency Harvey Nash Group plc. The Harvey
Nash 'Healthcare Practice' part of the site states: We support leading
healthcare organisations in securing the right Executive...' Is an unpaid
associate of Bupa.<br />
<br />
52. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-kerr-of-kinlochard/3708">Lord
Kerr of Kinlochard</a>: Member of the Investment advisory board of
investment fund for Edinburgh Partners. A <a href="http://www.edinburghpartners.com/pdf/global-opps-factsheet.pdf">report</a> by
the group reveals healthcare as their main sector of interest representing
22.7% of their allocation.<br />
<br />
53. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-levene-of-portsoken/2035">Lord
Levene</a>: Holds shares in pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman
Sachs, which is heavily involved in the <a href="http://www.goldmansachs.com/what-we-do/investment-banking/industry-sectors/healthcare.html">healthcare
sector</a>.<br />
<br />
54. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-manningham-buller/3857">Baroness
Manningham-Buller</a>: Has given speaking engagements for KPMG, Artemis,
Merck, GE healthcare and Standard Chartered Bank all involved in private
healthcare, DLA Piper. <br />
<br />
55. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mendelsohn/4286">Lord
Mendelsohn</a> - Sole shareholder and director of Europa Hospitals Group Ltd.
Unclear currently what exactly the company is - was incorporated September 2013
- See article <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/newly-appointed-labour-donor-opens.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />
56. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-millett/1932">Lord
Millett</a> (Currently on leave of absence) - Has shares in Diageo - (See Lord
Wasserman). Shares in GlaxoSmithKline.<br />
<br />
57. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/viscount-montgomery-of-alamein/1950">Viscount
Montgomery of Alamein</a> – Crossbench – shares in Astrazeneca (Pharma),
Vodafione plc. Vodafone produced a <a href="http://www.vodafone.co.uk/consumer/groups/vodafoneukonline/documents/assets/vftst061887.pdf">report</a>
by themselves, which showed how they can help drive efficiency in healthcare
costs promoting the use of SMS texts which go via them and other mobile phone
companies. South-Central ambulance service NHS trust have <a href="http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/14230/vodafone_wins_south_ambulance_contract.aspx">appointed</a>
Vodafone UK as its communications partner. Shares in Standard life (private
health insurance).<br />
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58. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/duke-of-norfolk/2194">Duke of
Norfolk</a> - (Currently on leave of absence) Shares in Cardionetics who
sell ECG monitors. The heart monitor hardware is supplied to the NHS. Shares in
<a href="http://www.helperby.com/">Helperby Therapeutics plc</a>, which
is developing a new antibiotic processes.<br />
<br />
59. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-o%27donnell/4255">Lord
O'Donnell</a>: Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive of Toronto Dominion
Bank, which has a healthcare area which includes health insurance <a href="http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/newtocanada/life-in-canada/healthcare.jsp">cover.</a>
In addition the bank has a healthcare division covering liability. The Peer
began in the Lords from 10th January 2012. <br />
He joined Frontier Economic (Europe) as a Senior Advisor at the <a href="http://www.frontier-economics.com/europe/en/news/1343/">end</a> of last
year to advise on ‘all aspects of Frontier’s work.’’<br />
<br />
Frontier's <a href="http://www.frontier-economics.com/europe/en/news/1427/">involvement</a>
in healthcare includes regular advice to public and private sector institutions
on ‘healthcare reform'. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Frontier’s Health practice <a href="http://www.frontier-economics.com/europe/en/practices/3/">advises</a>
public sector and private clients on issues relating to the reform,
restructuring and operation of healthcare markets.<br />
<br />
</span><span lang="EN-US">60. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-owen/992">Lord Owen</a> -
Shares in Abbot Laboratories global healthcare company - supplies NHS with
Lab equipment, reagents.<br />
<br />
61. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-palmer/3192">Lord
Palmer</a> - Shares in pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline<br />
<br />
62. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-powell-of-bayswater/2527">Lord
Powell of Bayswater</a>: Chairman of the advisory board of Bowmark Capital who
invest in <a href="http://www.bowmark.com/portfolio.aspx">healthcare</a>
amongst other sectors. Member of the International Advisory board for health
insurance providers <a href="http://www.acegroup.com/uk-en/individuals-families/health-insurance.aspx">ACE
insurance</a>.<br />
<br />
63. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-quirk/3254">Lord
Quirk</a>: Has shares in pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and
Astrazeneca and Walgreen. For more on <a href="http://www.rxcomms.com/2008/07/%E2%80%98big-box-companies-and-public-health/">Walgreens</a>. Shares
in Standard chartered who offer health insurance.<br />
<br />
64. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-renwick-of-clifton/3230">Lord
Renwick of Clifton</a>: Vice Chairman of global Investment giants JP Morgan.
his chairmanships is of both JP Morgan Cazenove and JP Morgan Europe investment
banking. JP Morgan are major players in <a href="http://www.jpmorgan.com/tss/General/Healthcare_/1102380191740">healthcare</a>.
According to their <a href="http://www.jpmorgan.com/tss/General/Healthcare_/1102380191740">website</a> they
serve: 1,100 hospitals, 10 of the top 10 health insurers, thousands of
physicians groups, top five pharmacy benefit managers, six of the top eight
pharmacy retailers. Also has shares in JP Morgan.<br />
<br />65. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-richards-of-herstmonceux/4317">Lord Richards of Hertsmonceux</a>: Director of Huntsworth Plc, </span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black;">a PR
consulting company run by Lord Chadlington, and which has funded the
Conservative party since 2008. Huntsworth plc are a group of companies, one of
which is called Huntsworth Health, who are part of a lobbying group Healthcare
Communications Association, who comprise of Communication groups involved in
health and pharmaceutical companies.</span></span><br />
66. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-skidelsky/3120">Lord
Skidelsky</a>: Shares in fund managers Janus Capital Group, who invest in
the healthcare sector amongst other areas. Wrote in the Spectator in
2000, on an article titled: '<a href="http://www.skidelskyr.com/site/view/the-spectator/">Let's go private</a>.'
In there he promotes the idea of encouraging users to get a tax-incentive to go
private.<br />
<br />
67. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/henry-stevenson/2474">Lord
Stevenson</a> Crossbench – Former chair of HBOS from 2001-2009, during
which it collapsed and seen as having "Responsibility [for the
near-collapse of the bank] lies particularly with Lord Stevenson" the
Banking Commission.</span></div>
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are involved in <a href="http://www.lexcomm.co.uk/our-services/healthcare-communications">healthcare</a>.
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<span lang="EN-US">Saxton Bampfylde headhunter firm, which has
<a href="http://www.saxbam.com/Expertise/Sectors/Public_Sector/">recruited</a>
people into key <a href="http://appointments.thesundaytimes.co.uk/job/431763/director-of-health-and-social-care">positions</a>
throughout the NHS and state on their <a href="http://www.saxbam.com/About_us/">website</a>
"It’s our job to seek out the people who lead, shape and direct
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make and sell specialised medical equipment. In 2008 they <a href="http://www.aircraftmedical.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=208:aircraft-medical-and-the-uk-departments-of-health-in-p12m-technology-research-programme-press-release&catid=47:all-news&Itemid=169">won</a>
"one of the largest Research & Development funding packages from the
UK Departments of Health through the Health Technology Devices (HTD)
programme." </span></div>
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68. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-sutherland-of-houndwood/2173">Lord
Sutherland</a>: Non-executive chairman of Scottish Care - now represents
the largest group of Health and Social Care independent providers across
Scotland, delivering residential care, day care, care at home, and housing
support.<br />
<br />
69. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-turnbull/3758">Lord
Turnball</a>: Non-Executive Director of Prudential plc, who offer private
health insurance. Non-executive Director of Frontier Economics, a
consultancy that advises private sector clients on the impact of healthcare
reforms and how "to shape regulatory environments". Has shares in
Prudential plc.<br />
<br />
<b>Bishops Lords</b><br />
<br />
1. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/bishop-of-gloucester/3906">Bishop
of Gloucester</a>: Has shares in Standard Chartered Bank plc, which offers
private healthcare insurance.<br />
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<b>MPs</b><br />
<br />
<b>Conservatives</b> <br />
<br />
1. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-cameron/25752">David
Cameron</a> - Nursing and care home tycoon Dolar Popat has given the
Conservatives £209,000. The Ugandan-born dad-of-three has amassed an estimated
£42million fortune as founder and chief of TLC Group, which provides services
for the elderly. Mr Cameron made the businessman a peer shortly after
entering No10 in May 2010, and Lord Popat’s donations include a £25,000 gift registered
a week after the Tories’ health reforms were unveiled last July.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/19/nhs-reform-leaves-tory-backers-with-links-to-private-healthcare-firms-set-for-bonanza-115875-22859373/"><span style="color: #0023dd;">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/19/nhs-reform-leaves-tory-backers-with-links-to-private-healthcare-firms-set-for-bonanza-115875-22859373/</span></a>
<br />
<br />
In 2005 Cameron <a href="http://searchthemoney.com/associate/2490">received</a>
£1,500 from Care home property company Chiltern Care Holdings - electoral
commission<br />
<br />
2. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-lansley/25555">Andrew
Lansley</a> - Conservative - John Nash, the former chairman (until 2010) of
Care UK, gave £21,000 to fund Andrew Lansley’s personal office in November
2009. In a recent interview, a senior director of the firm said that 96 per
cent of Care UK’s business, which amounted to more than £400 million last year,
came from the NHS. - Hedge fund boss John Nash is one of the major Conservative
donors with close ties to the healthcare industry.<br />
<br />
He and wife Caroline gave £203,500 to the party over the past five years. The
“hedgie” is also a founder of City firm Sovereign Capital, which runs a string
of private healthcare firms. Fellow founder Ryan Robson is another major Tory
donor who has given the party £252,429.45.<br />
<br />
His donations included £50,000 to be a member of the party’s “Leader’s Group”,
a secretive cash-for-access club. The would-be MP, who tried but failed to get
selected as the election candidate in Bracknell, is managing partner at
Sovereign Capital. <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/19/nhs-reform-leaves-tory-backers-with-links-to-private-healthcare-firms-set-for-bonanza-115875-22859373/">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/19/nhs-reform-leaves-tory-backers-with-links-to-private-healthcare-firms-set-for-bonanza-115875-22859373/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6989408/Andrew-Lansley-bankrolled-by-private-healthcare-provider.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6989408/Andrew-Lansley-bankrolled-by-private-healthcare-provider.html</a><br />
<br />
In 2008 Andrew Lansley received a donation from Julian Schild used to support
his office in his capacity as Shadow secretary for health. Julian Schild’s
family made £184million in 2006 by selling hospital bed-makers Huntleigh
Technology. <br />
Andrew Lansley’s wife, Sally Low, is founder and managing director of Low
Associates (“We make the link between the public and private sectors”). A <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8305506/Wife-of-Health-Secretary-Andrew-Lansley-gave-lobbying-advice.html">Daily
Telegraph report</a> in February records that the Low Associates website lists
pharmaceuticals companies SmithKline Beecham, Unilever and P&G among its
clients. It also records Ms Low’s assertion that the company “does not work
with any client who has interests in the health sector”. The website currently
contains no reference to the drug firms listed above. <a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/andrew-lansleys-nhs-plans-still-in-good-health"><span style="color: #0023dd;">http://www.channel4.com/news/andrew-lansleys-nhs-plans-still-in-good-health</span></a><br />
<br />
Circle the ambitious private healthcare firm run and owned by clinicians, has
recruited a former aide to health secretary Andrew Lansley as head of
communications. Christina Lineen spent two years working for Lansley, who
became health secretary after the general election. The company’s income is
derived from private patients, either on insurance schemes or paying for
themselves, but it also treats NHS patients. - <span style="color: #0023dd;"><a href="http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/uk-news/news-detail/newsarticle/private-healthcare-firm-circle-recruits-ex-lansley-aide-to-head-comms/2/?tx_ttnews">http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/uk-news/news-detail/newsarticle/private-healthcare-firm-circle-recruits-ex-lansley-aide-to-head-comms/2/?tx_ttnews</a></span><br />
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Lansley was a paid director of the marketing agency Profero, who had Diageo
Guiness as one of their clients. He gave up the director ship in 2009. In 2008,
a senior NHS executive appearing in a commons committee, accused Daigeo of
flouting voluntary agreements on responsible drinking labelling. In 2010
Lansley invited fast food companies and Diageo in for discussions on how to
tackle obseity, and binge drinking. In 2011 Diageo were given responsibility to
pay for training to offer advice on the dangers of alcohol. No, you couldn't
make it up. <br />
<br />
Quote: <span style="color: red;">"The NHS is not for sale, there will
be no privatisation." </span><br />
<br />
3. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/harriett-baldwin/40489">Harriet
Baldwin:</a> Conservative MP for West Worcestershire. Former managing
director of JP Morgan Asset Management. JP Morgan are major players
in <a href="http://www.jpmorgan.com/tss/General/Healthcare_/1102380191740">healthcare</a>. According
to their <a href="http://www.jpmorgan.com/tss/General/Healthcare_/1102380191740">website</a> they
serve: 1,100 hospitals, 10 of the top 10 health insurers, thousands of
physicians groups, top five pharmacy benefit managers, six of the top eight
pharmacy retailers. Has shares in JP Morgan Employee 98 Trust. JP Morgan
heavily invest in healthcare.<br />
<br />
4. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/gregory-barker/1389">Gregory
Barker</a>: Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle. In 2008 held shares in HR
company Penna plc. In February, HFMA and Penna plc partnered to deliver <a href="http://www.penna.com/news-and-events/Detail/hmfa-and-penna">HR services
to the NHS</a> - Was an operating advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors, LP,
a private equity firm with health companies in their portfolio. Had shares in
Quester VCT 5 plc a venture Capital with multiple investments in healthcare
companies.<br />
<br />
5. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jake-berry/4060">Jake
Berry</a>: Has registered interests in Top legal 500 firm Squire, Sanders &
Dempsey (UK) LLP, as a consultant advising on client services, business
development and on other specific matters. They work with multiple <a href="http://www.squiresanders.com/london/">NHS trusts</a> and local
authorities regarding <a href="http://www.squiresanders.com/de/underperforming_nhs_trusts_challenges_and_opportunities_for_the_private_sector_01-30-2009/">PFI
and PPP programs</a>.<br />
<br />
6. <a href="http://www.grahambradymp.co.uk/">Graham Brady</a>: MP for
Altrincham and Sale Former advisor on marketing and business strategy to PA
Consulting, a management consultancy company. PA Consulting have <a href="http://www.paconsulting.co.uk/industries/government-and-public-services/supporting-nhs-clients-through-their-reconfiguration-journey/">worked</a>
with the new Clinical Commissioning Groups. Other NHS involvement <a href="http://www.paconsulting.co.uk/industries/government-and-public-services/transforming-healthcare/helping-organisations-respond-to-the-nhs-transition/">includes</a>,
training, helping commissioners in North-East London, performance management.
The company is not without criticism having <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7608155.stm">lost</a> a memory
stick containing details of thousands of convicted people.<br />
<br />
7. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/simon-burns/25788">Simon
Burns</a> Conservative - Chelmsford MP - attended an oncology conference
paid for by Aventis Pharma - a five-day trip to the US funded by a leading
drug firm.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/28/tory-party-links-to-private-healthcare-companies-115875-22880670/">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/28/tory-party-links-to-private-healthcare-companies-115875-22880670/</a><br />
<br />
8. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/nick-de-bois/35347">Nick
de Bois</a>, Conservative MP for Enfield North – Until December 2011, De Bois
was the majority shareholder in Rapier Design Group, an events management
company heavily involved with the private medical and pharmaceutical
industries, and whose clients include leading names such as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/astrazeneca">AstraZeneca</a>. The
company was established by the Tory MP in 1998. Last year it had a turnover of
£13m. Last April, Rapier Design purchased Hampton Medical Conferences to
“strengthen the company’s position in the medical sector”. It is involved in
running conferences and other events for private-sector clients, and for NHS
hospitals.<br />
<br />
A number of the company’s clients are “partners” of the National Association of
Primary Care (NAPC), a lobby group supporting the health secretary’s plans.
Rapier Design Group’s biggest clients stand to profit when the NHS is opened up
to wider private-sector involvement. The GP commissioning consortium for
south-west Kent, covering 49 GP practices and known as Salveo, has already
signed a contract with the pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca aimed at improving
diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. <span style="color: #0023dd;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/29/lansley-ally-shareholding-lobby-firm">http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/29/lansley-ally-shareholding-lobby-firm</a></span><br />
<br />
Quote on bill: <span style="color: red;">‘To meet the challenge we needed to
introduce decentralization and competition, the two catalysts for efficiency.
In both of these areas, the legislation is necessary, even in its compromised
form.’<br />
</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US">9. <a href="http://www.stevebrine.com/">Steve Brine</a>
– Mp for Winchester – According to the electoral register, received £14,999 in
three separate payments £5,000 19/01/2011, £4,999 17/04/2012, £5,000 22/03/2013
from Mr James R Lupton who was appointed Conservative party Co-Treasurer in
February this year, has also given £350,000 to Conservative central party in
last three years. He is Chairman of investment bankers, Greenhill Europe,
who have<span style="color: black;"> considerable transaction experience and a
global network of corporate relationships in the <a href="http://www.greenhill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=289">Healthcare</a>
sector.<br />
<br />
</span>10. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/aidan-burley/3937">Aidan
Burley</a>: MP for Cannock Chase: Received six bottles of wine from Hitachi
consultants for a short speech he gave to a group of consultants on 11th March
2011. Hitachi Consulting UK is a leading government consulting company
with an 18-year track record in the UK. They have extensive knowledge of the
public sector, and many of their consultants have experience in the NHS. <a href="http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/hitachi-consulting-uk-enables-london%E2%80%99s-primary-care-trusts-monitor-and-benchmark-performance-online-">In
2010,</a> they announced the completion of a delivery portal for Commissioning
support for London (CSL). The creation of the new secure online portal provides
National Health Service (NHS) commissioners with access to a set of tools to
help them monitor how their providers are performing. This is another example
of private company benefitting from the privatisation reforms of the NHS.<br />
<br />
11. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/damian-collins/3986">Damian
Collins</a>: MP for Folkstone and Hythe – Between 1999 and 2008 Mr Collins
worked for marketing agency M&C Saatchi. M&C Saatchi clients include
PPP healthcare, AXA insurance, Astrazeneca, Pfizer and Merck. See Lord Saatchi
section. In 2008 he joined Lexington Communications as a senior Counsel before
leaving to become a MP. Lexington Communications have a healthcare <a href="http://www.lexcomm.co.uk/our-services/healthcare-communications">section</a>,
which says ‘With the NHS never far from the headlines, our dedicated team of
healthcare communications consultants can advise you on how to successfully
interact with a diverse range of stakeholders - in Westminster, Whitehall, the
reformed NHS, across the patient group community and in the private sector – to
help achieve your goals… Help you build relationships with influencers at a
national level.’</span></div>
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fee-paying public consultancy clients in healthcare. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">12. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-davis/373">David
Davis</a>: MP for Haltemprice and Howden: Received a payment of £4,250 for a
6hr speaking engagement for private health insurance company Aviva. (Registered 12 February 2012) <br />
<br />
13. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jonathan-djanogly/25639">Jonathan
Djanogly</a> – Conservative MP - His office received payment of £1,900 on
01/11/2001 and declared it on 30/01/2002 from Huntleigh Healthcare Ltd, 310-312
Dallow Road, Luton. The company manufactures medical, orthopaedic equipment and
instruments for measuring and is part of Huntleigh International Holdings
Limited of the same address. They are a member of the Getinge Group, a Swedish
based group of companies who are split between Healthcare and Life sciences.
The acquisition of Huntleigh by Getinge took place in 2007. In 2008, he had
shares in private healthcare company Medicsight, and private health insurance
Aviva PLC. In 2008 had shares in WPP Group, a marketing giant in healthcare.</span><br />
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office in 2006. In 2009, his Dorset South office received £10,000 from ‘Derek E
Luckhurst’, who is the CEO and owner of the care home group Agincare based in
Dorset. Richard Drax’s constituency office received further donations from
Richard E Luckhurst of £2,000 in March 2012 and £2,000 in March 2013. In November
2012, Richard Drax <a href="http://www.agincare.com/news/article/richard-dr">officially</a>
opened the Gainsborough Care Home run by Agincare. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Donation source – electoral commission</i></span>
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</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">15. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/iain-duncan-smith/152">Iain
Duncan-Smith</a>: MP for Chingford and Woodford Green. Has shares in hygiene
technology company Byotrol plc, though no dividend received, which sells products
to the NHS.<br />
<br />
16. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/philip-dunne/1542">Philip
Dunne</a>: MP for Ludlow. In 2008 was a non-executive director for investment
Baronsmead VCT 4 plc, and has shareholdings in the company, which according to
its <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=baronsmead%20vct-4-plc%20healthcare&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baronsmeadvcts.co.uk%2Fdownload.asp%3Fid%3D149%26v%3D4&ei=s3OJT6n6JqPF0QWahcS8CQ&usg=AFQjCNFikmkuZVKMKEAlKeOznafGPINqIA&sig2=QxxmiD7VCnpQp2hPaIo48Q">second-half
2011 report</a>, has multiple investments in private healthcare companies
including Vectura Group plc, Alere Inc, who work with many PCTs including
the 'healthcheck programme,' and Tristel plc, a leading provider of
infection control products into the NHS. Healthcare & Education make up 9%
of investments.<br />
<br />
17. <span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/michael-fallon/25169">Michael
Fallon</a> – Conservative MP for Sevenoaks – Former Director of Attendo AB
- 2008 to 2013 - a Swedish private health company offering care and social
care. </span><span style="color: black;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">18. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-field/1405">Mark Field</a>:
MP for Cities of London and Westminster. </span><span lang="EN-US">Board
Advisor to Ellwood and Atfield; a specialist recruitment firm in the public
affairs and communications sector. They recruit for NHS positions as well as
private healthcare. <span style="color: black;">The MP’s role includes,
amongst other things includes; ‘introducing the company to opportunities.’
Company recruits for some public affairs positions <a href="http://www.ellwoodandatfield.com/nhsbt/">in the NHS</a>. In addition they
are currently seeking an interim government affairs Officer, healthcare. The
job involves </span>working with ‘Government, regulators and other stakeholders
to help promote and influence the healthcare industry within the UK.’<br />
<br />
The press release announcing Mark Field's appointment as advisor said: ‘His
experience, coupled with his political position, perfectly complements Ellwood
& Atfield and reinforces the company’s position as the leading recruitment
firm within communications and public affairs.’<br />
<br />
On their <a href="http://www.ellwoodandatfield.com/selection/public-affairs.asp">public
affairs</a> page of their website they state: ‘With a careful, appropriate
engagement strategy your organisation can thrive by shaping the political
environment. Our network of contacts and relationships across this community in
London, Brussels and Washington DC is unrivaled and we recruit more
professionals in this area than any other firm in Europe.’<br />
<br />
19. <span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/dr-liam-fox/223">Liam Fox</a>
– Conservative MP – became shadow health secretary in 1999 – employs Adam
Werrity as a paid intern in 2004 – by this time Adam Werrity becomes a director
of health consultancy firm ‘UK Health Ltd’ (now dissolved), while Liam Fox was
shadow health secretary of which he and Liam Fox were shareholders. </span><span style="color: #262626;">Werrity owned 11.5% of UK Health Group and Fox owned 2.3%.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> In 2005 </span>a researcher based in Mr Fox’s office
worked ‘exclusively’ for the now closed Atlantic Bridge ‘charity’, which Liam
Fox was the founding member; Mr Werrity became director, and which had links to
radical right-wing neocons in the U.S. The researcher received funding from <a href="http://powerbase.info/index.php/Pfizer"><span style="color: #002aa1;">Pfizer</span></a>
Inc. He claimed <a href="http://powerbase.info/index.php/Liam_Fox_Register_of_Members_Financial_Interests#Register_as_at_28th_September_2011">‘she
has no function in any health role.’</a> The researcher was Gabby Bertin,
who is now David Cameron's press secretary. Received £5,000 to run his <a href="http://www.ipgl.co.uk/cyprotex/">private</a> office in October 2012 from
investment company IPGL limited, who purchased healthcare pharma company
Cyprotex.<span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
20. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/george-freeman/35463">George
Freeman</a> - His own business (Recently dormant): Has shares in Hill House
Assets Ltd – which is <a href="http://www.4d-biomedical.com/"><span style="color: #0c49b7;">http://www.4d-biomedical.com/</span></a>, a specialist
adviser on Healthcare, markets, Technology development, Business strategy &
Venture financing, working with NHS trusts. Speaking in Parliament on 11
November 2010 during the Policy For Growth debate he said, "The third is
the national health service. I know from my own experience that we are sitting
on billions of pounds-worth of patient data. Let us think about how we can
unlock the value of those data around the world." See Hansard at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0c49b7;"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101111/debtext/101111-0003.htm">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101111/debtext/101111-0003.htm</a><br />
<br />
</span><span lang="EN-US">21. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mike-freer/4004">Mike Freer</a>:
Finchley and Golders Green: Recently provided strategic marketing advice for <a href="http://www.carematters-uk.com/index.php?page=long-term-care">Care Matters</a>,
a financial planning company for care, which includes in care homes.<br />
<br />
22. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/richard-fuller/3912">Richard
Fuller</a>: Bedford: Worked for L.E.K consulting from 1984 and intermittently
until 2007. L.E.K consultancy </span>specialises in helping private healthcare
companies identify "growth and new business development" and
"opportunities with the government". Chairman of Enterprise Care
Group Ltd. Listed as social work without accommodation. Appears in <a href="http://www.staffnurse.com/nursing-directory-companies/enterprise-care-group-ltd-1788.html?companyID=1788">staff
nurse</a> for jobs for nurses.<br />
<br />
23. <a href="http://richardgraham.org/">Richard Graham:</a> Gloucester - His
constituency office received £3,000 from Circle investor, Mr Robin Crispin Odey
on 03/12/2007. Richard Graham was elected MP for Gloucester at the last general
election and like Odey has previously worked for Barings bank, which went bust
in 1995. In total Odey has donated <a href="http://searchthemoney.com/associate/1060">£222,000 to the Conservative
party</a>.<br />
<br />
24. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/william-hague/379">William
Hague</a>: In 2008, William Hague was a non-executive director of IT company
AMT-SYBEX, a position now held my Lord Coe. AMT-SYBEX are an IT supplier to the
NHS. Former London Mayoral candidate Steven Norris is their chairman who sits
on the Transport for London board.<br />
<br />
25. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/philip-hammond/105">Philip
Hammond</a>: Is a beneficiary of a trust who owns a controlling interest in
healthcare and nursing home developer <a href="http://www.castlemead-ltd.co.uk/">Castlemead
Ltd</a>. In 2008 he had shares in the company, of which he was a director from
1993-1995. The Castlemead website states: 'By building partnerships with GPs
and PCTs we are able to offer a range of design and procurement solutions in
particular via the 3PD (Third Party Developer) route...Castlemead has an
excellent reputation for working with the NHS and as a long term investor in
the sector, endeavours to build a positive working partnership with all
stakeholders in a project.’<br />
<br />
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">26. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.markharper.org/">Mark Harper</a>:
Forest of dean: Electoral commission records show his constituency office received
£5,000 on 09/02/2010 from Circle <a href="http://cheltenham-gloucesteragainstcuts.org/2012/05/04/two-gloucestershire-tory-mps-accepted-donations-from-controversial-super-rich-private-health-investor/">investor</a>
Mr Robin Crispin Odey just 3 months before the general election.<br />
<br />
27. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/nick-herbert">Nick Herbert</a>
- MP for Arundel & South Downs - Received donations from Caroline Nash - Ms
Nash is the wife of John Nash who also funded Lansley's office when he was
shadow health minister. He was Chairman of Care UK at the time. The donations
were £15,000 in 2008 and in 2009. Electoral Commission.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-jeremy-hunt/1572">Jeremy
Hunt</a>: MP for South-West Surrey. Received a donation to his office of £3,000
in June 2012, just under 3 months from when he was mafe health secretary, from
U.S-based hedge fund CEO Andrew Law. Mr Law is the CEO of Caxton Associates who
as of November 2001, <a href="http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/major-healthcare-stock-positions-of-caxton-associates.html/">owned</a>
a market value of $217.659 million in healthcare. Andrew Law has given £231,530
to the Conservative party, all but £3,000 of this in 2012. Electoral Commission<br />
<br />
28. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/margot-james/35371">Margot
James</a>: – Stourbridge: Co-founded public relations company, Shire Health
Group. The company was sold to business partner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilvy_%26_Mather"><span style="color: #043a95;">Ogilvy
& Mather</span></a> for £4 million in 2004, with the Conservative MP Margot
James appointed Head of European Healthcare for marketing parent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPP_Group"><span style="color: #043a95;">WPP
Group</span></a>. She stood down from WPP in 2008. WPP are a marketing giant
with a massive list of healthcare clients. One of their companies, ‘Grey
Healthcare Group, boasts having 14 of the top 15 pharmaceutical companies as
their clients. </span><span lang="EN-US"><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">Quote:</span><span style="color: red;"> 'GPs,
nurses and patients need now to combine forces and ensure that the resistance
to change they will encounter does not limit the improvements in care that are
made possible by the Bill.' </span>This quote is taken from an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/margot-james/tackling-vested-interests-in-nhs_b_1344313.html">article</a>
written by Margot James for Huffington Post titled: Tackling Vested Interests
in the NHS. She failed to mention her former role as head of European
Healthcare for marketing for WPP. <span style="color: red;"><br />
<br />
‘I keep saying ‘we’, but I’m not really part of the industry anymore, but I
still feel it.’ - when speaking at a conference hosted by Healthcare
Communications Association.' </span><span style="color: black;">- See article on
Margot James <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/i-keep-saying-we-but-im-not-really-part.html">here</a>.
</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">She has spoken at <a href="http://www.unitetheunion.org/PDF/Health%20and%20Social%20Care%20Bill%20committee%20members.pdf">Big
Pharma</a> conferences since the 2010 election, saying that “the pharmaceutical
industry remained very important to her and has a very <a href="http://www.inpharm.com/news/margot-james-tories-nudge-change-nhs">special
place</a> in her heart”<br />
<br />
29. </span><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sajid-javid/3945">Sajid
Javid</a>: Conservative MP for Bromsgrove – Received £11,000 from Moundsley
Healthcare Ltd <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/130610/130610.pdf">registered</a>
on May 29<sup>th</sup> 2013. Electoral Commission Moundsley Healthcare Ltd run
Moundsley Care Village Ltd, which is a nursing and residential care <a href="http://www.moundsleyhall.com/">home</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">30. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.jo-johnson.com/">Jo
Johnson:</a> Orpington. According to the electoral Commission - the brother of
Boris Johnson received £6,000 on 19th July 2010, to his constituency office
from Robin Crispin Odey an investor in circle who run Hitchingbrooke hospital.<br />
<br />
31. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/kwasi-kwarteng/4134">Kwarsi
Kwateng</a>: Worked for Odey Asset Management hedge fund as an analyst who
invest in Circle health who run the Hitchingbrooke hospital. The hedge fund is
run by Robin Crispin William Odey who has donated to the Conservative party
since 2007. Mr Kwateng received £10,000 from Odey Asset Management on 12<sup>th</sup>
September 2011 for consultancy work for political advice to asset managers,
which included ‘domestic affairs’. Register of interests</span></div>
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32. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-lancaster/31593">Mark
Lancaster</a>: MP Milton Keynes North –Former <a href="http://www.palmercapital.co.uk/about2.php">Non-Executive director</a>
Management consultant giving advice on strategy and business to property
venture capital company Palmer Capital Partners Ltd. Palmer capital have funded
Danescroft Commercial Developments Limited. </span><span lang="EN-US">Danescroft’s
main areas of operations are the Midlands and South of England, focusing on
office and mixed use development and more specialist sectors such as
local/district centres and healthcare. (Resigned 4 September 2012) but received
a donation of £4,000 from Palmer Capita, which was registered in 13th March,
2013. <br />
<br />
33. <a href="http://www.phillip-lee.com/">Dr Phillip Lee</a> MP for Bracknell –
Recently paid in a capacity as a freelance Doctor for <a href="http://www.outdoormedicalsolutions.co.uk/">Medical Solutions Ltd</a>, who
provide medical cover for events, including blood & Organ transport,
ambulances, life boat crew and mobile treatment centres.<br />
<br />
34. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/oliver-letwin/247">Oliver
Letwin</a>: Conservative MP for West Dorset - in 2008, was a non-executive
director of N.M. Rothschild Corporate Finance Ltd up until 2009. Rothschild
Group are one of the world's largest investment companies and which invest
heavily in healthcare. </span>In 1986 he followed Redwood to the merchant
bank <a href="http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/N.M._Rothschild_%26_Sons"><span style="color: #002aa1;">N.M. Rothschild & Sons</span></a>, succeeding him as
head of the firm's International Privatisation Unit. <span style="color: #002aa1;">[5]</span>
He was a director of <a href="http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/N.M._Rothschild_%26_Sons"><span style="color: #002aa1;">N.M. Rothschild & Sons</span></a> from 1991 to 2003
and a non-executive director from 2005 to 2009.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">35. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/peter-lilley/25184">Peter
Lilley</a>: </span>Hitchin and Harpenden MP, Non-Executive Director of
management software and systems company Idox plc. Idox provides local
authorities with software & managed services, including the NHS <a href="http://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=200511020700074778T">Health
Libraries Group</a>, NHS Education for Scotland. TfPL part of the Idox Group,
is a recruitment, training and consulting company, whose clients include <a href="http://www.tfpl.com/resources/health_sig.cfm">NHS</a> and private
healthcare.<br />
<br />
36. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/tim-loughton/25471">Tim
Loughton</a>: MP for East Worthing and Shoreham - Received £350 from Cumberlege
Connections for training sessions. Cumberlege Connections, a political
networking firm that works "extensively" with the pharmaceutical
industry. Received two lots of £300 in May, July 2013 for training session for
Cumberlege Eden and partners. Electoral Commission<br />
<br />
37. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mary-macleod/62722">Mary
Macleod</a>: MP for Brentford and Isleworth was previously a senior executive
at Andersen Consulting/<a href="http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Macleod_Mary.aspx">Accenture</a>
specialising in Banking and financial services as a senior executive.
Accenture has gained from PFI contracts.<br />
<br />
38. <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/francis-maude/25444">Francis
Maude</a>: MP for Horsham – was a director of Huntsworth plc in May 2005, a PR
consulting company run by Lord Chadlington, and which has funded the
Conservative party since 2008. Huntsworth plc are a group of companies, one of
which is called Huntsworth Health, who are part of a lobbying group Healthcare
Communications Association, who comprise of Communication groups involved in
health and pharmaceutical companies.<br />
<br />
</span>Francis Maude was the person fronted by Cameron in response to Peter
Cruddas’s announcement that ‘premier league’ sums of £250,000 will get you
access to David Cameron and affect policy change. Mr Maude stated the
pronouncements were: "embarrassing and wrong, and not true…That's not
the way we do business and raise money, and we're very clear about that."
Yet, they do receive money from Huntsworth, a company he was a director of,
that is run by a Lord and which he is the constituency chairman of David
Cameron. None of this was highlighted by the mainstream press as he defended
Peter Cruddas. Maude was also a non-executive director of Incepta Group
plc from March 1<sup>st</sup> 2004. During this time, in April 2005, there was
an announcement of a proposed merger between Incepta and Huntsworth. The Office
for Fair Trading <a href="http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/mergers/decisions/2005/huntsworth">decided</a>
it would not be referred to the Competition Commission under section 33(1) of
the Act. The merger went ahead and Mr Maude became a director of Huntsworth.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Maude was Non-executive chairman of
advertising group ‘The mission Marketing Group’. One of their agencies, Bray
Leino Vivactis was also established as Healthcare sector specialists and a new
expert team was created via a firm co-operation with the mainland European
Healthcare Group, Vivactis.<br />
<br />
Another company Maude was a non-executive director of, is a web management
software provider called, Mediasurface, whose product Morello CMS is used by
Astrazeneca and the NHS. The company was acquired by content management
solutions, Alterian, in 2008.<br />
<br />
39. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/patrick-mercer/25506">Patrick
Mercer</a>: Recently an advisor to Premier Composites Ltd, who design and build
'<a href="http://www.premiercomposites.co.uk/premier_composites_news.php">healthcare
pods</a>' for some private healthcare buildings, including a care home in Scotland
and a mental health lodge in Preston. Forced to resign whip after being caught
in a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23005078">sting</a><br />
<br />
40. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/maria-miller/31595">Maria
Miller</a>: Former director of Grey's Advertising Ltd, a advertising and
brand company who work extensively with clients in the healthcare sector.
Former director of the Rowland Group, which became Publicis Consultants, who
are also a marketing company working extensively with private healthcare.<br />
<br />
41. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-mitchell/25190">Andrew
Mitchell</a>: MP In 2008 was a <span style="color: black;">Senior Strategy
Adviser to Global management and technology company, Accenture, who have worked
extensively with private healthcare companies and the NHS. Pulled out of failed
NHS I.T. programme, and gained form PFI contracts. In 2008 was a director of
Financial Advisory and Asset Management company Lazard & Co, who work in
the Healthcare and life sciences sector. Andrew Mitchell who was, </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e;">the International Development Secretary, invested funds
in a network of privately owned firms which is now at the centre of a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/9172731/Andrew-Mitchell-held-shares-in-company-which-avoided-millions-in-stamp-duty.html">tax
avoidance</a> case.<br />
<br />
42. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/penny-mordaunt/35429">Penny
Mordaunt</a>: Became an Associate for Hannover Communications in <a href="http://www.hanovercomms.com/downloads/03%20Penny%20Mordaunt%20appointment%20-%2016.02.09.pdf">2009</a>,
who provide services across the spectrum of corporate communications, media
relations and public affairs for businesses and public sector bodies. The company
work in healthcare and states: ‘So whether you are seeking to shape the policy
and operating environment, defend or reposition your organisation, or drive
sales and uptake for your products and services - hanover can help you discover
new ways to achieve success.’ The press release said: '</span><span style="color: black;">Penny Mordaunt, joined </span>hanover <span style="color: black;">as an Associate to work on a range of healthcare clients
delivering public affairs and corporate communications programmes. Key clients
include sanofi-aventis, Schering Plough and HEART UK, where Penny will be
providing senior strategic counsel.' </span><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><br />
<br />
43. </span><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/brooks-newmark/31699">Brooks
Newmark</a>: Braintree MP: Prior to entering politics, Mr Newmark was a senior
partner that provided research and advice on investment opportunities in the UK
and Europe to Apollo Management LP, both independently and through Telesis
Management Ltd. The former are a private equity company, which invests in the
healthcare industries.<span style="color: #1e1e1e;"> <br />
<br />
</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Has
shareholdings in The Allele Fund, which invests <a href="http://www.allelefund.com/">primarily</a> in healthcare startups. He is a
Limited partner. <br />
<br />
44. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jesse-norman/3991">Jesse
Norman</a><span style="color: black;">: Hereford and South Herefordshire. </span>Received
payment given to charity for speaking at a Quiller event. Quiller
Consultancy. <span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><a href="http://www.spinwatch.org/blogs-mainmenu-29/tamasin-cave-mainmenu-107/5419-lobbyists-in-the-heart-of-government">Quiller</a>
lobbyist George Bridges, friend to George Osborne and Cameron’s former election
campaign manager, as well as Theresa May’s ex-chief of staff, and an
ex-strategist for the Chief Medical Officer. Quiller lobbies for among others,
Capita, the enormous outsourcing firm which has its eye on running NHS Direct,
and a private equity firm heavily invested in health. Quiller is owned by
Huntsworth Group who are owned by Lord Chadlington. </span><span style="color: #141414;">According to the Electoral Commission, Mr Norman received
£5,000 on 30th June 2009 from Circle healthcare investor Crispin Odey to his
local Hereford constituency.<br />
<br />
45. </span><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/stephen-o%27brien/25193">Stephen
O’Brien</a>: Eddisbury MP: Stephen O’Brien’s office received three payments
totalling £40,000 from Julian Schild. Mr Schild’s family made £184million in
2006 by selling hospital bed-makers Huntleigh Technology. Mr O’Brien was moved
to International Development after the election.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/19/nhs-reform-leaves-tory-backers-with-links-to-private-healthcare-firms-set-for-bonanza-115875-22859373/">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/19/nhs-reform-leaves-tory-backers-with-links-to-private-healthcare-firms-set-for-bonanza-115875-22859373/</a> -
In addition to this, Mr Julian Schild, of London, has provided financial
support for research purposes, particularly in relation to an inquiry which Mr
O'Brien was conducting on behalf of the Conservative Party into the NHS IT
programme. (Registered 19 May 2008) - The MP for Eddisbury claimed the
report of his links to the money donated by Schild was nothing more than a <a href="http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2010/01/28/eddisbury-mp-stephen-o-brien-slams-news-of-the-world-for-article-linking-him-to-private-health-care-firms-59067-25700217/">smear</a>
campaign as the details had been in the register of interests for ages. This
attitude that registering your interests is enough and that the interests in
themselves are not a problem is common.<br />
<br />
46. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/george-osborne/1458">George
Osbourne</a>: Received donation through Conservative Campaign Headquarters to
run his office from Julian Schild. Julian Schild’s family made £184million
in 2006 by selling hospital bed-makers Huntleigh Technology. <span style="color: #262626;">A key figure in the Tory's strategy team has also come
from the lobbying world. George Bridges, who now works closely with George
Osborne, used to be employed by Quiller, which keeps its list of clients
secret. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-fears-candidates-links-to-lobbying-industry-1926157.html">Quiller</a> is
owned by Huntsworth, a public relations firm headed by Lord Chadlington,
president of David Cameron's Oxfordshire constituency of Witney.<br />
<br />
In 2008 received support for developing policy from The Boston Consulting Group
who work extensively in <a href="http://www.bcg.com/expertise_impact/industries/health_care_payers_providers/default.aspx">healthcare</a>
- their website states: '</span> BCG’s deep experience in the health care
industry extends to having a sector dedicated specifically to payers and
providers. Our collaborative network of professionals allows us to share
relevant expertise that can benefit organizations involved in the financing,
management, and delivery of health care services.'<br />
<br />
In April 2011, the Boston Consultancy Group produced a <a href="http://www.bcglondon.com/about_bcg/graham_rich.aspx">press release</a>
announcing the appointment of Dr. Graham Rich as Director of Health Services
stating: ‘We are delighted that Graham is joining us as we continue to expand
our team and range of advisory services to the NHS.’ The press release
also highlighted the appointment of former labour party secretary of state for
Work and Pensions, James Purnell. Furhter support in policy development came
from accountancy firm, <a href="http://www.osac.org.uk/accountancyfirm/144/">Smith
and Williamson</a>, who do accounts in all sectors including Medical and
healthcare. Additional policy development came from accountants Grant Thornton,
whose <a href="http://www.grant-thornton.co.uk/en/Sectors/Health-Services/Healthcare/">website</a>
states: 'Within the public sector, we advise at all levels of the UK healthcare
system from central government to regulators and providers, as well as clients
in the social care secto<span style="color: #343434;">r.' </span><br />
<br />
In addition <a href="http://www.pwc.co.uk/economic-services/health.jhtml">PricewaterhouseCoopers,
which claims</a> to have “been at the heart of shaping [healthcare]
reforms and working with clients to respond to the opportunities they present”,
are also listed as offering assistance in developing policy. PwC lead an
alliance to aid the setup and support for the new GP commissioning groups.<span style="color: #262626;"><br />
<br />
47. </span><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/richard-ottaway/157">Richard
Ottaway</a>: MP for Croydon South. <span style="color: black;">9-11 July
2007, visit to the USA to attend seminars and meetings with elected US
officials and policy forums. His return flight and accommodation were financed
by Atlantic Bridge and registered 4 years late on 20th October 2011. His
reasoning for the late registration: </span>“I have no idea why this was
not done in 2007 after the visit.' 'It very much falls into the ‘cock up’ category
of human error.' 'It was a low key, short visit 4 years ago when I was an
opposition backbencher. Meetings were held with members of the Republican
Administration and some policy forums. I have very little precise recall of the
visit.' Atlantic Bridge is a former charity founded by Liam Fox, who made
a speech to Atlantic Bridge <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/15/liam-fox-atlantic-bridge">in
2003</a> asked: “How Much Health Care Can We Afford?” Members of the Galen
Institute, a thinktank which promotes “freemarket ideas in health”, attended
its conferences while the failed bank Lehman Brothers, sponsored at least one
event, as did the powerful neocon thinktank the Heritage Foundation.
(Guardian).<br />
<br />
48. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/priti-patel/37703">Priti
Patel</a>: MP for Witham In 2000, worked for drinks company Diageo (See
Andrew Lansley), before joining Weber Shandwick, becoming a <a href="http://www.webershandwick.co.uk/homepage-sections/what-we-are-up-to/158">director</a>
of public affairs. Weber Shandwick was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsworth">created</a> and built by Lord
Chadlington and has a specialist healthcare focus with companies including
Astra Zeneca, Pfizer, and Roche, and also the NHS.<br />
<br />
Quote: <span style="color: red;">Just as history shows that Nye Bevan
introduced the legislation to establish the NHS, it will show that this
Secretary of State, through the Bill, has saved it for the patients who rely on
it.</span><br />
<br />
49. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/john-redwood/14">John
Redwood</a>: Wokingham: Chairman of Investment Committee of Evercore Pan-Asset
Capital Management Ltd. Evercore are involved in <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/07/31/the-pharmaceuticals-banker-that-helped-evercore-land-a-4-billion-mandate/">huge</a>
healthcare deals, and has shares in the company. In 2008, he g`ave speech at a
working lunch to Gerson Lehrman Group, who provide access to a <a href="http://www.glgresearch.com/Council/Healthcare.html">global network</a> of
more than 55,000 experts from across the entire healthcare industry including
physicians, researchers, scientists, and healthcare industry executives. </span></div>
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Member of the advisory board of EPIC Private Equity. ‘<a href="http://www.epicprivateequity.com/aboutepe_home.html">EPIC Private Equity</a>
invests £2-10 million in distressed, growth or buyout opportunities. It will
consider most industry sectors, including consumer, retail, manufacturing,
financial services, healthcare, support services and media industries.’ EPIC Private Equity part <a href="http://www.epicprivateequity.com/portfolio_epe_special_opportunities_plc.asp">owns</a>
Pharmacy2u, the UK’s largest dedicated Internet and mail order pharmacy.<br />
<br />
50. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jacob-rees-mogg/42117">Jacob
Rees-Mogg</a>: MP for North-East Somerset: Partner of Somerset Capital
Management LLP, who have Redwood Emerging Markets Dividend Income Fund as a
client, which invests in <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=redwood%20emerging%20markets%20dividend%20income%20fund%20healthcare&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CHYQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.redwoodasset.com%2Fdoc_bin%2FQPD_REMDF.pdf&ei=EZa7T-fHIueX0QXe393gBw&usg=AFQjCNHkhQFNhPFQbNYTkL">Healthcare</a>.
MP for North-East Somerset, has shares in Lloyd George Management Ltd;
investment management, who <a href="http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/funds/snapshot/snapshot.aspx?id=F00000M9PI&tab=3">invest</a>
in Healthcare. According to the electoral Commission, he received £2,000 to his
constituency office on the 14th April, 2010 from Mr Robin Crispin Odey, a hedge
funder who has invested in Circle healthcare.<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/john-redwood/14"> </a><br />
<br />
51. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/malcolm-rifkind/31729">Malcolm
Rifkind</a>: Member of Advisory Board, L.E.K. Consulting LL, which specialises
in helping private <a href="http://www.lek.com/industries/healthcare-services">healthcare</a>
companies identify "growth and new business development" and
"opportunities with the government". Non-executive director of
Unilever, Unilever Ventures joined with a company called Vectura to form a
pharma arm to their company.<br />
<br />
Non-Executive Director of <a href="http://www.adamsmithinternational.com/">Adam
Smith International</a>; which has <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&sqi=2&ved=0CGIQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.powerbase.info%2Findex.php%2FAdam_Smith_Institute&ei=z928T8m2D4nd8AOG78k7&usg=AFQjCNH5z-dcFyfEJaBDsRCb9Ejzvgb-mQ&sig2=B4xUxLtVCkjyH1ga3MmfsA">described</a>
the NHS as a "centralized tax-funded monopoly". Instead it argues
that the UK should "shift the balance of healthcare spending away from tax
and more to the individual." At the same time, it says "we need to
transform today’s state monopoly providers into independent, competitive
ones" - ie private for-profit healthcare providers. In addition they have
produced a couple of reports on the promotion of dismantling the NHS called:
The <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CFcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adamsmith.org%2Fblog%2Fhealthcare%2Fthe-nhs-needs-radical-reform&ei=z928T8m2D4nd8AOG78k7&usg=AFQjCNGGGMPjBSPUG7L3rHknF3Fud5k60A&sig2=M38zQKOXZ_Cylc0e0rh2Zw">NHS
need for radical reform</a>, From cradle to grave: <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CF0QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adamsmith.org%2Fnews%2Fin-the-news%2Ffrom-cradle-to-grave-the-death-of-the-nhs&ei=z928T8m2D4nd8AOG78k7&usg=AFQjCNGmHDQs2Io9J9akdzHmJohfOakHVw&sig2=OzLm4ghumW5zjNeYdWIzag">The
death of the NHS</a>?, and <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0CFsQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adamsmith.org%2Fblog%2Fhealth%2Fgood-sense-on-the-nhs&ei=z928T8m2D4nd8AOG78k7&usg=AFQjCNFzCNIbysY7AIskli5_BG2SyDJlWQ&sig2=bowV7q6rXPBh_k7RDEqTfg">Good
sense on the NHS</a>. <br />
<br />Non-Executive director of medical imaging company, <a href="http://www.alliancemedical.co.uk/who-we-are">Alliance</a> Medical Group from January 2014. Receives £5,000 a month for 10 board meetings a year. Company was owned by Bridgepoint who employ former Health secretary, Alan Milburn and Lord Patten of Barnes. They sold it for £600,000 in 2007. It is now owned by Commerzbank AG - based in Germany. They provide services to the NHS and private patients.<br /><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">52. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/amber-rudd/3983">Amber Rudd</a>
was selected for Hastings and Rye in 2006 and she moved to the old town in
2007. In 2008, her office received £3,000 from Andrew Law. <span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Mr Law is the CEO of Caxton Associates who as of November
2001 <a href="http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/major-healthcare-stock-positions-of-caxton-associates.html/">owned</a>
a market value of $217.659 million in healthcare. Andrew Law has given £231,530
to the Conservative party, all but £3,000 of this in 2012.<br />
<br />
53. </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-ruffley/25360">David
Ruffley</a>: MP for Bury St Edmunds <a href="http://parliament.telegraph.co.uk/mpsexpenses/interests/David-Ruffley/mp-10520">was</a>
a strategic advisor to Partnership Group Holdings Limited. Through it’s <a href="http://www.partnership.co.uk/care/">website</a>, it offers residential
care fee insurance, stating: ‘<span style="color: #262626;">While the state can
help with some costs, eligibility for help is limited and many people find
themselves over the threshold for support so it is important to be aware of
financial options available to you.’</span><br />
<br />
The company are a subsidiary of PAG Holdings Limited, which is majority owned
by Cinven Funds. According to its <a href="http://www.cinven.com/lib/docs/131233-partnership-annual-report-2010.pdf">2010</a>
annual report, they initiated <span style="color: black;">a direct sales channel
for care annuities, as well as ‘provide competitive loans to people with
impaired lives.’ </span>On its website it states: ‘Cinven has been involved in
European healthcare over a 20-year period and invests in market-leading,
cash-generative companies.’ Cinven is a leading buyout firm, who bought 25
private hospitals from Bupa. Other UK investments include. Spire Healthcare,
who run private healthcare hospitals, and whose clinical director <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/19/spire-healthcare-nhs-cuts-boom-private-sector">Jean-Jacques
de Gorter</a> said the use of private sector would spiral as a result of Andrew
Lansley’s reform proposals. General healthcare group, which runs healthcare
services, and whose group includes: BMI healthcare. The other company is <a href="http://www.cinven.com/sectorfocus/healthcarerealisedinvestments.asp?investmentid=101">Générale
de Santé</a> who is France’s leading healthcare provider.<br />
<br />
Mr Ruffley also received a £10,000 donation from Caroline Nash in 2009 - Ms
Nash is the wife of John Nash who also funded Lansley's office when he was
shadow health minister. He was Chairman of Care UK at the time. Now Care UK
have won <a href="http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/politics/suffolk_county_defends_its_care_home_decision_1_1966896">contracts</a>
in his constituency.<br />
<br />
54. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-simmonds/25302">Mark
Simmonds</a>: Mark Simmonds, who was a minister when the controversial reforms
were drawn up, was paid £50,000 a year to work just 10 hours a month as
“strategic adviser” to Circle Health, the first firm to win control of an NHS
hospital: <span style="color: #0023dd;"><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/10/26/tory-mp-cashing-in-on-nhs-break-up-with-second-job-at-health-firm-115875-23515038/#ixzz1dJFD7uKw">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/10/26/tory-mp-cashing-in-on-nhs-break-up-with-second-job-at-health-firm-115875-23515038/#ixzz1dJFD7uKw</a> - </span>Mark
Simmonds took up his role at Circle just <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/Mr%20Mark%20Simmonds%20MP.pdf">five</a>
months after he had <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/40103">finished</a>
his role as Shadow Health Secretary. He also accepted a US trip to Boston worth
£4,982 from private health provider BUPA.<br />
<br />
Mark was also a member of the All Parliamentary Health Group (<a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/four-key-members-of-associate.html">APHG</a>)
acting as a co-chair to Baroness Cumberlege.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #262626;">55. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-skidmore/62314">Chris
Skidmore</a>: Conservative MP for Kingswood who sits on the Health Select
Committee received a payment of <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/111129/111129.pdf">£3,500
for 4 hours work </a>- giving speeches to STAC Consultancy <a href="http://www.stac-consultancy.com/">http://www.stac-consultancy.com/</a> which
specialises in the launch of pharmaceutical products, strategic branding and
medical education.<br />
<br />
Chris Skidmore's family also owns a company called Skidmore Medical <a href="http://www.skidmoremedical.com/">http://www.skidmoremedical.com/</a>,
which appears to be solely selling a physiologic Vascular testing equipment.
The company made a donation to him of £7,500 in June 2010, which no longer
appears on his <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/140224/skidmore_chris.htm">register
of members interests</a>.<br />
<br />
Donations: Received £5,000 to his office in run up to the election in 2010 from
Caroline Nash, the wife of former Care UK chairman John Nash - electoral
commission.<br />
<br />
</span><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/education/newsletter/central-lobby-current-newsletter/chris-skidmore-nhs-future/">Quotes</a>
on the bill:<span style="color: red;"> ‘For me I feel the bill is a very positive
thing.’</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;">"One of the best bits about the Bill for me was
the element of Any Qualified Provider"</span><span style="color: #262626;"><br />
<br />
56. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/nicholas-soames/116">Nicholas
Soames</a>: </span>MP Mid Sussex: Senior Adviser, to MMC Group; Marsh &
McLennan an insurance financial services company. In a <a href="http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_132413.pdf">review</a> for
the Department of Health of the NHS litigation Authority - written by Marsh
Inc, it recommended involving opening up clinical negligence cover over to
private insurers. Zurich Financial Insurers said they didn't have the expertise
but the Marsh review <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17eaba52-57bb-11e1-ae89-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1oVt9kaCI">envisaged
opening up a dialogue</a> which might eventually give them the information
they needed. The DoH accepted the large majority of Marsh's recommendations. <br />
<br />
According to the electoral Commission, his office received £2,000 on 11th May
2010, from Crispin Odey who is an investor of Circle Health. Marsh is a
risk and strategy management company that amongst other services helps <span class="apple-style-span">‘hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and
industry associations understand the implications of changing policy
environments". </span>In the UK, Marsh delivers risk and insurance
solutions to key areas of the healthcare industry, including major private
hospital groups, some of the UK’s largest care providers, over 30 foundation
trusts, medical technology providers and other healthcare service providers and
funders.<br />
<br />
57. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/john-stanley/25325">John
Stanley</a>: MP for Tonbridge and Malling: Consultant on financial services to
investment company, FIL Investment Management Ltd, who <a href="http://www.trustnet.com/Factsheets/Factsheet.aspx?fundCode=FIEUOP&univ=U">invest</a>
in healthcare. <br />
<br />
Donations: Fidelity Investment Management have given £495,000 to Conservative
Central Party between 2004 and 2008. Electoral Commission. Fidelity own nearly
a million <a href="http://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-major.html?t=AEXAF">shares</a>
in ATOS. Fidelity also have <a href="http://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-major.html?t=AXAHY">shares</a>
in AXA.<br />
<br />
58. <span style="color: #262626;"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-tyrie/112">Andrew
Tyrie</a>: In 2008 attended the Ryder cup in his capacity as 'Secretary of the
Parliamentary Golf Society.' His travel and accommodation was paid for by U.S.
healthcare services company Humana Europe. <a href="http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/industry/6575/humana_to_pull_out_of_uk">Humana
started</a> UK operation in 2006, in response to the framework for procuring
external support for commissioners. Won two contracts with NHS Barnsley, and
NHS East of England. Pulled out of UK.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br />59. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-robin-walker/4091">Robin
Walker</a>: MP for Worcester. Local office received a £2,000 donation from
Redwood Care Homes Limited Registered on March 2014. Redwood Care Homes own <a href="http://www.cqc.org.uk/directory/1-101662163">multiple</a> care
homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of their care homes are
listed as not ‘caring for people safety & protecting them from harm.’ The owner is Huw James. </span></div>
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<br />
60. </span><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-willetts/25241">David
Willetts</a>: Conservative MP for Havant and the Minister of State for
Universities and Science. Former director in 2008, and has <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/120430/120430.pdf">shares</a>
in Sensortec a company that owns Vantix which is working on a contract for a
new product that can quickly detect MRSI. The contract is a Small Business
Research Initiative - <a href="http://www.innovateuk.org/deliveringinnovation/smallbusinessresearchinitiative.ashx">SBRI</a>
contract, which provides opportunities for innovative companies to engage with
the public sector for specific problems. In 1993 when Baroness Bottomley as
Secretary for Health wanted to <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/private-care-sought-for-nhs-bottomley-wants-health-firms-to-take-advantage-of-relaxed-treasury-rules-1455025.html">privatise
wards and hospitals</a>. Willetts supported the move, saying: 'private
companies will want to change NHS labour practices, and not want to negotiate
with Labour practices. Had financial support paid to his research account by
HGCapital private equity manager, Ian Armitage in 2008 - HGCapital <a href="http://www.hgcapital.com/content/portfolio/investments/1/4">funds</a>
healthcare companies.<br />
<br />
61. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/rob-wilson/31582">Rob
Wilson:</a> Conservative - In 2010, the MP for Reading East had <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/01/19/nhs-reform-leaves-tory-backers-with-links-to-private-healthcare-firms-set-for-bonanza-115875-22859373/">registered</a>
shares in Vital Imaging, a private screening company.<br />
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US">62. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/tim-yeo/136">Tim Yeo</a>: <span style="color: #262626;">In 2008 attended the Ryder cup. His travel and
accommodation was paid for by U.S. healthcare services company Humana Europe.
(See Andrew Tyrie)<br />
<br />
63. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/nadhim-zahawi/53078">Nadhim
Zahawi</a>: MP for Stratford-on-Avon. Is a non-executive director of
recruitment company SThree, who <a href="http://www.sthree.com/en/page/our_brands_and_sectors/">specialise</a> in
the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology sector. </span>The Company provides
both permanent and contract specialist staffing services in the UK and Europe
in a few sectors, including through Real Staffing, Pharmaceutical &
Biotechnology and Healthcare. This element of the group also finds roles for
areas of the NHS.<br />
On the 4<sup>th</sup> April 2011 on a debate on the NHS ‘reforms’, When
health secretary Andrew Lansley announced a pause in the Health and Social Care
Bill, Zahawi <a href="http://www.totalpolitics.com/print/162072/the-end-of-year-mp-awards.thtml">reassured</a>
him that GPs were “absolutely passionate” about the reforms and described the
plans as a “brilliant piece of legislation”. They have gone on to gain over two
million pound providing services to the new CCGs.<br />
<br />
The text in <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=nadhim%20zahawi%20brilliant%20piece%20of%20legislation%20lansley&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CGUQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tonybaldry.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F04%2FAndrew-Lansley-NHS-Reform-040411.doc&ei=uoHUT6maLqnA0QWzoNSRBA&usg=AFQjCNFpIcySdSW7sg-YVVr4uxAcrwf9fw&sig2=7HHiYXHKECq-ip2HZwMykw">full</a>
is: ‘Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con): I congratulate my right hon.
Friend on engaging and listening. We have all received the 50 or so e-mail
circulars from constituents who are concerned, but that does not reflect the
evidence on the ground. GPs in Shipston in my constituency are absolutely
passionate about the reforms and want to engage fully with them, as do 220
other groups-87% of the country. May I make a suggestion to the Secretary of
State? Perhaps we should bring all those people who are passionate about this
reform and want to take party politics out of it together with Labour Members
on a platform so that we can take this forward without petty politics derailing
a brilliant piece of legislation.<br />
<br />
<b>Liberal Democrats</b><br />
<br />
1. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/menzies-campbell/627">Menzies
Campbell</a>: North East Fife: Non-executive director of Scottish American
Investment Company plc since 2007. The investment company took over one of the <a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/who-are-the-southern-cross-care-home-landlords">care
homes</a> when Southern Cross collapsed. <span style="color: #262626;">His
spokeswoman said: "It is Sir Menzies' understanding that negotiations for
another care provider to take over the running of the care home in question are
at an advanced stage. Sir Menzies has no further comment to make."
Approximately 4.5% of the investment company's <a href="http://www.bailliegifford.com/documents/92268_SAINTS_Half_Yearly_Report_0611.pdf">equity</a>
is in healthcare. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #262626;">Former Eastleigh MP: In 2008 private equity
company, Carrousel Capital of London donated to his leadership campaign.
Carrousel Capital has made <a href="http://www.carouselcapital.com/File_Store/HealthcareFactSheet.pdf">multiple</a>
acquisitions in healthcare companies including: Axium healthcare pharmacy,
MedData, Sotaria Imaging Services, Brasseler USA. Left in because when the
Health bill was passed he was in a position to vote.<br />
<br />2.</span> <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/robert-smith/639">Robert
Smith</a>: Liberal Democratic MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kilncardine - Has
shares in pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. Shares in Legal and General,
which offers medical insurance.<br />
<br />
GSK is the UK's leading supplier of COPD medicines, supplies the NHS. Shares in
Legal and general, which offer private health insurance.<br />
<br />
3. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jo-swinson/1513">Jo
Swinson</a>: Received a donation of £2,000 September 2013 from private optician
company, Peter Ivins Eye Care.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
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Liverpool, Wavertree - Office received £4,726.76 from Deloitte MCS Ltd in her
capacity as Shadow Minister for Public Health. Accountancy and business
management giant, Deloitte, are heavily involved in healthcare markets globally
and with the NHS. One <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.commissioning.gp/news/article/1384/ccg-criticised-for-using-deloitte-to-help-solve-finance-issues/17/">example</a></b>
of many that involve Deloitte’s involvement in the NHS, is the £350,000
contract from Oxfordshire CCG to tackle a £11.1 million deficit at the CCG. <br /><br />Formerly <a href="http://www.lucianaberger.com/about-luciana/">worked</a> for Management Consultancy
company Accenture, a company who walked away from an NHS IT contract and were fined £65m for
compensation. Accenture has multiple healthcare <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.accenture.com/gb-en/industry/health/Pages/index.aspx?tab=3">clients</a></b>
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2. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-david-blunkett/395">David
Blunkett</a>: MP for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough - Received fee of
£4,250 from Civica 28th January, 2013. More than 70 NHS Commissioners use
Civica Health & Social Care's industry standard SLAM NHS Commissioning
software to help manage service level agreements with providers, including
Payment by Results, local tariffs, local agreements, block payments and other
variants.Received a fee of his apparent going rate of £4,250 for a speech at
Runwood Care homes in December 2012. Recently acquired <a href="http://www.careindustrynews.co.uk/2012/07/runwood-homes-acquire-eight-warwickshire-county-councils-care-homes/">eight</a>
care homes from Warwickshire County Council.<br />
<br />
3. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/rosie-cooper/38898">Rosie
Cooper</a>: MP for West Lancashire - Paid by Cumerlege Connections for £300 for
work with a focus group of health professionals. Company run by Tory Lord
Baroness Cumberlege who <a href="http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Cumberlege_Connections">broke the
rules</a> with this company in 2009, by failing to declare it in her
registered interests, ran the business from her Westminster office. The company
offers courses in power, politics and persuasion to leading staff in the NHS.
Five Labour Lords, and several MPs have been paid for providing for her
courses. The company has worked with the development of the new Clinical
Commissioning Groups.<br />
<br />
4. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/simon-danczuk/64653">Simon
Danczuk</a> - MP for Rochdale - Fees from Cumberlege Connections Ltd,
(See Rosie Cooper). Received fee of £300 for speaking at Fringe meeting of NHS
Alliance Conference. Hours: 1.5 hrs (Registered 8 August 2012) March 2012 ,
received fee of £300 for speaking at Westminster Experience training workshop.
Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 8 August 2012) June 2012, received fee of £300 for
speaking at Westminster Experience training workshop. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered
8 August 2012) 11 September 2012, received fee of £300 for speaking at Westminster
Experience training workshop. Hours: 1.5 hrs. Non-Executive Director,
providing business advice for Shine-Bid Services Ltd – Company <a href="http://www.shinebidservices.com/where-weve-been/">provides</a> support
for bids which include the areas of healthcare procurement and PFI.<br />
<br />
5. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/alistair-darling/596">Alistair
Darling</a>: MP for Edinburgh South-West: 7 April 2011, He received a fee
of £10,200 for addressing a dinner organised by Cinven, London. Hours: approx 6
hrs. On its website it states: ‘Cinven has been involved in European healthcare
over a 20-year period and invests in market-leading, cash-generative
companies.’<br />
<br />
Cinven is a leading buyout firm, who bought 25 private hospitals from Bupa.
Other UK investments include. Spire Healthcare, who run private healthcare
hospitals, and whose clinical director <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/19/spire-healthcare-nhs-cuts-boom-private-sector">Jean-Jacques
de Gorter</a> said the use of private sector would spiral as a result of Andrew
Lansley’s reform proposals. General healthcare group, which runs healthcare
services, and whose group includes: BMI healthcare. The other company is <a href="http://www.cinven.com/sectorfocus/healthcarerealisedinvestments.asp?investmentid=101">Générale
de Santé</a> who are France’s leading healthcare provider.<br />
<br />
Patricia Hewitt (see below) was an advisor to Cinven.<br />
<br />
6. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/frank-dobson/25657">Frank
Dobson</a>: MP for Holborn and St Pancras: Received payment from Cumberlege
Connections: (See Rosie Cooper).<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">7. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/frank-field/25534">Frank
Field</a> – MP for Birkenhead: Is a non-executive director of Medicash
Health Benefits Ltd a private health insurance company – he was appointed
Chairman of the board on 20<sup>th</sup> of June 2011. </span><span style="color: #262626;">Frank Field has worked with Medicash for 8 years having
first been appointed as a non-executive director in 2003. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">The register of interests says his role is to ‘attend
meetings offer advice.’ For this work he receives a monthly payment of £1,030,
which according to the Medicash website will be given directly to local
charities. What’s the problem with this? Private health insurance companies are
set to profit from a privatised NHS.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">8. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/barry-gardiner/146">Barry
Gardiner</a>: MP for Brent North. </span><span lang="EN-US">Received a donation
of approximately £3,000 for accommodation and hospitality for himself and is
wife and family to attend a Sigma pharmaceutical conference. He was <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565672/Hard-work-Mexico-Ed-Milibands-flood-supremo-basks-85C-sun-kissed-jolly-Britons-count-cost-deluge.html">supposedly</a>
there to give a speech on waste. See also Jamie Reed insert. <br />
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Sigma have donated nearly £8,000 to the Labour party <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Electoral commission</i></span></div>
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9. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-lammy/25459">David
Lammy</a>: MP for Tottenham: Received several payments from Cumberlege
Connenctions for participating in 'Westminster Experience' conference: (See
Rosie Cooper). </span><span style="color: black;">January 2011, received fee
of £229.70 for participating in the King’s Fund ‘High Potential Executive’
Programme. King’s Fund is a charity </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">that
‘shapes NHS policy and practice, provides NHS leadership development and
information, and hosts health care events.’</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">10. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-jamie-reed/1503">Jamie
Reed</a>: MP for Copeland. Shadow Health Minister since 2011. Received a
donation for accommodation and hospitality for himself, his wife and family to
attend a Sigma pharmaceutical conference. At the <a href="http://pharmacy.biz/latest-news/The+NHS+is+in+%27crisis,%27+Labour+health+minister+tells+Sigma+conference/1931">conference</a>
he said, </span><span lang="EN-US">“Against this backdrop in an era of austerity
from which there is no real line on the horizon, pharmacy can potentially do
more…</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">All
political parties should be examining the role and potential benefits of
increased participation from pharmacists in the provision of a more effective,
changing healthcare system." </span><span lang="EN-US">He also <a href="http://www.artsenapotheker.nl/apotheker/nieuws/id170249-engage-with-labours-health-policy-review-says-reed.html">suggested</a>
that pharmacies could fill the void that closure of libraries, post offices and
other community buildings has left and become the hub of the community.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In his speech he
confirms that there will be no more reorganisation from the top, which is not a
total repeal of the Act, but a removal of the market elements as yet still not
defined in policy. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sigma has given just
under £8,000 in donations to Labour. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Electoral
Commission</i></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">11. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/emma-reynolds/4077">Emma
Reynolds</a>: Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East. Office received £5,000
from St Philips Care Ltd. They changed their name recently from Guardian Care
Homes, not long after a warning from the Care Quality Commission, who said they
were not <a href="http://www.cqc.org.uk/node/683281">protecting</a> the safety
and welfare of the people using their service. The company is <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64acde8c-b012-11e2-8d07-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=uk#axzz2wWxVyW1O">suing</a>
Barclays over the Libor scandal in a test case, on which they allege Barclays
mis-sold them interest-rate swaps. They are owned by Bilbrook Limited, who are
in turn owned by Bilbrook Trust.</span></div>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br />
</span>12. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/owen-smith/54340">Owen Smith</a>:
MP for Pontypridd. A former UK <a href="http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2012-05-15/owen-smith/">lobbyist</a> for
the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, where he was head of government
affairs from 2005-2007. Director of Corporate Affairs and Health Economics for
the UK’s biggest biotechnology company <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/01/07/former-bbc-producer-lined-up-to-stand-for-safe-labour-seat-91466-25543491/">Amgen
Ltd</a> from 2008–09.<br />
<br />
13. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/gisela-stuart/25260">Gisela
Suart</a>: MP for Birmingham, Egbaston - Speaking at seminars for
Cumberlege Connections. (See Rosie Cooper). Her Cumberlege Connections
work includes: Payment of £350 for taking part in workshop. Hours: 2 hrs.
Payment of £900 for taking part in workshop in Winchester. Payment of £1,900
for NHS leadership programme. Hours: 2 days. (Registered 6 April 2012). Payment
of £300 for parliamentary programme workshop. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 6 April
2012.<br />
<br />
14. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/shaun-woodward/25256">Shaun
Woodward</a>: Shares in J Sainsbury PLC. Sainsbury run pharmacies and
provide food for the NHS<br />
<br />
<b>Other parties</b><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/alasdair-mcdonnell/33617">Dr
Alasdair McDonnell</a>: MP for Belfast South for Social Democrat and Labour
party – has shares in Medevol, a small clinical trials company.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-80396773632786472382014-02-24T01:37:00.000-08:002015-04-27T02:19:47.909-07:00Non-Executive Director Nadhim Zahawi's Firm Joins One Million New NHS Recruitment Bonanza<style>
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<a href="http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/375727-NadhimZahawi-1336461564-331-640x480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/375727-NadhimZahawi-1336461564-331-640x480.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Research conducted by Social
Investigations has revealed a million pound recruitment bonanza for just three companies attached to
Lords and an MP made possible thanks to their vote.</span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When the Health and Social Care
bill was being debated in the House of Commons, Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi
rose in defence of the beleaguered Andrew Lansley to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110404/debtext/110404-0002.htm">say</a></b>
GPs were “absolutely passionate” about the reforms and that it was a “brilliant
piece of legislation”. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Nadhim Zahawi sits on the board
as a non-executive director of recruitment company SThree for which he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110404/debtext/110404-0002.htm">receives</a></b>
regular monthly payments of £2,916.67 for 7 hours work. <br />
<br />
Sthree is the parent company of international recruitment leaders Real
Staffing, who work in the Healthcare & Life Sciences sectors. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His enthusiasm for the reforms
was abundantly clear and his vote helped pass the bill into an Act, which
created the new Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now, it can revealed that Real Staffing have been working with the
new CCGs through new revenue opportunities made possible by Mr Zahawi’s vote. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The recruitment company, who has
previously worked in other areas of the NHS, turned their sights on CCGs once
they took over commissioning responsibilities. Freedom of Information requests sent out to all CCGs, revealed that the new commissioners have spent over two million pound on services provided by Real Staffing, covering areas such as
Programme projects, Business Infomatics and administration posts. <br /><br />The financial benefits for recruitment are clear, costing one
CCG £486,000 for 11 staff at a cost to the Bromley CCG of over £44,000 per
position filled. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Personnel Profit</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Companies attached to MPs and
Lords have led the recruitment bonanza in the new NHS, providing personnel into
key positions in the new structure created by the Health Act.<br />
<br />
NHS regulator and competition enforcer, Monitor, has spent <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/monitor-spend-close-to-half-million-on.html">close</a></b>
to half a million on two companies attached to Lords to fill senior positions.
Following a Freedom of Information request, it was <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/baroness-headhunter-company-making.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">discovered</b></a> that one of the
companies, Odgers Berndtson, filled 12 senior personnel at a cost of close to £200,000
in agency fees.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a> The Chairman, Richard Boggis-Rolfe, has given £207,500
in <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9wqT_0EkhCwcnJXRDNQRmhzb2M/edit"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">donations</span></b></a>
to the Conservative party between 2006 up until the General election. Odgers
employ Baroness Bottomley as Chair of the Board and CEO practice and she also
holds shares in their holding company Broomco Ltd. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The question this blog keeps asking is why are MPs allowed to vote
on legislation when they have a financial interest? At local government level,
anyone with a financial or non-financial interest, is debarred from the vote. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Given that Real
Staffing have now gained revenue through the CCGs, Mr Zahawi was asked whether
his vote was for the benefit of Sthree through Real Staffing or in the interest
of the public and whether he thought it was acceptable that there should be a
difference between the rules that apply to MPs and councillors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He failed to address this question stating
only that </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">his appointment with SThree took
place in 2008, prior to becoming an MP. He also stated that Real Staffing have
been providing services to the public sector prior to his appointment onto the
board and that he “never discussed any bills with any board members." </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This may be the case, but why is
the public placed in a position in which they are forced to take the word of an
MP, when such doubt should be removed altogether. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
intentional loop-hole in the rules weakens democracy and places distrust
in the eyes of the public whether justified or otherwise.</span>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the meantime, the amount of companies that are
financially connected to MPs and Lords who have gone on to gain contracts in
the new NHS continues to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html">increase</a></b> and the question is, who do our parliamentarians serve? </span></div>
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Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-43796725589268524372014-02-07T01:09:00.002-08:002014-02-14T03:41:46.102-08:00Newly Appointed Labour Donor Opens Hospital Group Company<style>
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<span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">Former gambling Lobbyist and Labour party
donor Lord Mendelsohn incorporated new Hospital Group on the same day he joined
the Lords. </span>
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<span lang="EN-US">When it comes to conflicts of interest, the
Labour party is in no position to throw stones at anyone. One in six <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/one-in-six-labour-peers-have-financial.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Labour</b></a> Lords have recent or present
financial links to companies or individuals involved in private healthcare.<br />
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In the next election, the NHS will undoubtedly be one of the key battlegrounds
in the fight for people’s votes. Labour has promised to repeal the external
market elements of the Health and Social Care Act if they get into power.
Presumably then, they will be less than happy about the newly made life Peer,
Baron Mendelsohn’s <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mendelsohn/4286"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">latest</b></a> venture into hospitals.
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<span lang="EN-US">Jonathan Mendelsohn is firmly in the New
Labour camp, being a director of their think tank Progress. Mendelsohn was at
the centre of a controversy back in 1998, when he helped set up a <a href="http://www.gregpalast.com/tony-blair-and-the-sale-of-britain/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lobbying</b></a> firm called LLM
Communications (now dissolved). The manifesto of their successful operation read
according to journalist Greg Palast as “leaders who lead” are antique creatures
of The Passing World. Today, markets lead. Industry CEOs lead. In the Emerging
World, prime ministers and presidents merely “listen.”<br />
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Greg Palast wrote that as part of an article following his undercover work
that caught both Mendelsohn and his fellow lobbyist Derek Draper on tape. The
sting had them boasting about how they could get access to government
ministers, create tax breaks, you know the usual stuff.<br />
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So why on Earth did Labour think it would be a good idea to make Mendelsohn a
Life peer in September?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it
because he was a good fund-raiser? Not without <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/12/labr-d04.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">controversy</b></a>. A big donor? He has
given money to Labour before, but not a lot in donor world, just two £5,000
payments to Peter Hain and Gordon Brown in their respective leadership
campaigns. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Electoral Commission</i><br />
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Now he has just incorporated a new company of which he is the sole owner and
which coincidentally was incorporated ‘received for filing’ at Companies House
on the same day he became a life peer. The new business is called
‘Europa Hospitals Group’, which has one office in Madrid and one in London and
a <a href="http://www.europahospitals.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">website</b></a> that says ‘coming soon’. In what form this business
will materialise is currently unclear as the accounts say nothing about the
business, and as yet neither does the website. It could be an investment vehicle
for hospitals or private hospitals themselves. An email to his new company has
been sent asking for more details. <br />
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Aside from this interest, Baron Mendelsohn is also an adviser to law firm
Berwin Leighton Paisner that have a specialist <a href="http://www.blplaw.com/healthcare"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">healthcare</b></a>
division working with the NHS in PFI projects, and NHS Trusts. The law firm
also works with private healthcare clients that include companies, BUPA,
Barchester Health, UK Specialist Hospitals, as well as some NHS Trusts.<br />
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As Labour moves away from New Labour in the Commons, they have promoted New
Labour in the Lords, a House where rampant vested interests reign. Mendelsohn
was an embarrassment to Labour back in 1998, and by placing him into the Lords,
are they opening themselves up to more unnecessary pain? <br />
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The question many potential voters may well ask is will the real Labour please
stand up!<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-1936993497211361862013-12-15T18:25:00.000-08:002013-12-19T08:33:17.453-08:00Petition Forces Answer From Government on Prejudicial Vote Flaw<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A current petition on the No10 website has highlighted a flaw in the rules that allows MPs and Lords to vote and debate on legislation that may gain revenue for a company that either they own, which employs them or donates to their office. <br />
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If you are a local councillor such interests would debar you from a vote and debate at the discretion of the chamber.
Now that the petition has reached over 10,000, the government has been forced to respond, so how do they justify such a difference?
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The petition made several demands. <br />
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i. No member of Parliament may speak or vote in a debate on legislation which could financially benefit any commercial operation in which they have a financial interest;
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ii. No member of Parliament may speak or vote in a debate on legislation which could financially benefit any commercial operation which has made - or currently makes - donations to themselves personally or their political party.
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In response the government stated that it would “not be practical” to prevent Members speaking or voting on legislation which could “financially benefit any commercial operation in which they have a financial interest” or which has made “donations to themselves of (or) their party”. The reason? Because a “significant number of legislative provisions in any year may have beneficial financial implications for all or most commercial operations.” <br />
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In terms of donations to the party, as a whole, then this is probably correct. For example, if a person connected to a private health company gave money to a political party, it may make a member of the public mistrust the party, especially if they then go on to win contracts but it is unreasonable to think that this would be enough to debar the entire party from voting on any legislation on legislation that may have an affect on private health and would bring Parliament to a halt.<br />
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However, the government claims that it would “not be practical” to prevent a MP from voting with a financial interest is absurd and arrogant. The government says there are many “questions” as to how such a “complex requirement” could be “policed effectively”? <br />
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Well, they need look no further than the rules that apply to councillors at a local level. Any prejudicial interest held by a councillor would debar them from a vote and indeed a debate depending on the acceptance of the Chamber.
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This current situation suggests that MPs and Lords are somehow more able to separate their public duty from their outside interest, which is patently absurd. Given the level of commercial interests that exist in parliament, the need to change the rules to match those at local level is obvious.
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Take Baroness Cumberlege, the Conservative Peer and former Health Secretary. She owns a company that she <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-case-of-baroness-cumberlege-why.html"><b>moved</b></a> into a position to gain revenue from the new Commissioning Groups, a key component of the Health bill on which she voted. The legislation goes through thanks in part to her vote and she ends up winning small contracts for providing courses to some of the new Commissioning Groups. It’s okay though, because she put her business interest in the Register.
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Over <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html"><b>200</b></a> parliamentarians had recent or present financial interests to companies or individuals involved in healthcare at the time of the Health and Social Care bill. They were all able to vote, despite these interests. Further research has confirmed that some of these companies attached to Lords either by employment or donations, have gone on to gain <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html"><b>contracts</b></a> in the new NHS.
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The fact of the matter is that in their current form, the rules allow any MP or Lord to vote on legislation that may open revenue opportunities for the companies that employ them or donate to them. The rules are different for local councillors who manage to police such matters adequately. <br />
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Until MPs and Lords are debarred from a vote when they have a prejudicial interest, then every time they place their vote it will be difficult to know whether their action was in the interest of the public or the corporation that employs them.
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The government will always resist further scrutiny, just as they did when a proposal was made for a Register of Interests back in 1974. I leave you with this:
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“Should the public know of our outside interests? My answer strictly
speaking, is ‘No’. Why should they? There is no opportunity for
corruption and precious little opportunity for influence…We are not
crooks and we want it to be seen that we are not crooks. We are in the
public eye and we hold jobs, which in the eyes of the public are very
important. Conservative MP for Lowestoft, James Prior 22nd May, 1974 <a href="http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1974/may/22/members-interests">http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1974/may/22/members-interests</a><br />
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<a href="http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1974/may/22/members-interests"></a>
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The full petition can be seen <a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/44971"><b>here</b></a> where you can also sign.
Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-75279813837832118092013-12-13T09:21:00.001-08:002014-01-23T07:39:08.294-08:00ACEVO: Not Neutral Over Health Bill Outcome <style>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EMAIL FROM ACEVO TO MONITOR</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span>A new set of communications has brought into
question the neutrality of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary
Organisations (ACEVO), on the outcome of the Health and Social Care bill. <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /><br />
When the Health and Social Care bill came to a shuddering halt following
widespread rejection across the medical profession, the government paused the
process to set up a Forum in what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/david-cameron-is-accused-of-sham.html">turned</a></b>
out to be a faux ‘listening exercise.’ <br />
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The head of the ‘Choice and Competition’ element to the Forum was Sir Stephen
Bubb, the Chief Executive of ACEVO. Sir Bubb’s preference for competition in
the NHS was no secret; he openly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bloggerbubb.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/spooky-and-health.html">called</a></b>
for the “health and social care market to be opened up” and consistently voiced
his support for more competition.<br />
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However, throughout the period of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/camerons-accepted-nhs-future-forums.html">farcical</a></b>
‘listening exercise’, ACEVO said they did not take a position on the Health and
Social Care bill, and were neither for it or against it. This view was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.acevo.org.uk/Page.aspx?pid=1553">repeated</a></b> in March
2012 when they said "ACEVO has not taken a position on the controversial
health bill as a whole."<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The email</b><br />
However, a Freedom of Information request has unearthed an email written on the
17<sup>th</sup> August 2011, just after the ‘listening’ period that brings this
statement into serious doubt. The author of the email is unknown because the
name was redacted. The person thanked David Bennett, the head of the NHS regulator Monitor, for a ‘roundtable summary.’ It
stated how it was good to see…that so many participants…place ‘choice’ at the
top of priorities for Monitor.’ If ACEVO were not taking a position on the
Health bill, then why are ACEVO in an email to Monitor saying it is 'good'
people at the meeting were placing 'choice' as a priority for Monitor. Surely,
if they do not take a position such a priority would be neither good nor bad as
far as ACEVO are concerned.<br />
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Furthermore, the author of the email also suggested Monitor hold a 'desecrate'
(discreet) meeting with ACEVO members to 'bounce ideas off and sound them out
on reform and competition'. Why was it suggested to make this meeting
discreet? What did they have to hide?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">ACEVO did indeed attend a roundtable meeting with Monitor hosted at the
offices of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, with representatives from
voluntary organisations that included CEOs from Asthma UK, Action on Hearing
loss and Diabetes UK. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the new
regulators' new role and purpose'. <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span id="goog_202865053"></span><span id="goog_202865054"></span>Lobbying letter</b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This email follows on from the recent revelation <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/charity-sector-lobbied-jeremy-hunt-to.html">uncovered</a></b>
by Social Investigations that Sir Stephen Bubb had teamed up alongside private
healthcare trade and lobby group, the NHS Partners Network to urge Jeremy Hunt not
to water down the secondary legislation, S.75 privatisation regulations. The letter carried the ACEVO logo, which strongly suggests this lobbying letter was in agreement with ACEVO and not Sir Stephen Bubb acting alone. Acevo are not ambivalent to the outcome of the the Health and Social Care bill, but have actively lobbied to ensure competition remains a key component of the new NHS. </span></div>
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ACEVO have twice been contacted to answer questions on their neutrality and have so far
refused to answer.<br /><br /><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Questions</b><br />
The questions are below and we welcome a response at any time.<br />
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1) If ACEVO were not taking a position on the Health bill, then why are ACEVO
in an email to Monitor saying it is 'good' people at the meeting were placing
'choice' as a priority for Monitor. Surely, if they do not take a position such
a priority would be neither good nor bad as far as ACEVO are concerned?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3) The author of the email also suggested <span class="il">Monitor</span> hold a 'desecrate' (discreet) meeting with <span class="il">ACEVO</span> members to 'bounce ideas off and sound them out on reform
and competition'. Why was it suggested to make this meeting discreet? </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">4) The letter is sent with the <span class="il">ACEVO</span> logo on it. It is therefore logical to assume, this
position is that of <span class="il">ACEVO</span> and not Sir Stephen Bubb. Is
this the case?</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">5) Was this letter written by both Sir Stephen
and David Worskett?<br />
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6) By sending this letter out on behalf of ACEVO, is it right to assume members
of ACEVO were contacted about this before the letter went out? If not, then is
it normal practice to send out lobbying letters on behalf of the membership
without consent?<br />
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7) Finally, I have looked for your membership list but it appears to be hidden.
Why is this, given the moves towards transparency? In <a href="http://www.acevo.org.uk/Page.aspx?pid=2150">http://www.acevo.org.uk/Page.aspx?pid=2150</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Charity boss Sir Stephen
Bubb lobbied alongside the head of a private healthcare trade group to persuade
Jeremy Hunt to not water down highly controversial “Section 75” privatisation
regulations, according to new documents revealed today.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">The regulations - made
under the Health & Social Care Act just as the bill was coming into force
in April this year - were seen by many as confirming the determination of the
government to hand over large swathes of the NHS to private companies. The
regulations effectively <b><a href="http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/commissioning/commissioning-topics/ccgs/lords-rubberstamps-controversial-competition-regulations/20002711.article#.Ugn_nqztkwp"><span style="color: windowtext;">force</span></a></b> local health bosses to put all
services out to tender unless they can prove there is just one capable
provider.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">As the debate raged over
the implications of the regulations - with the RCGP, the RCN, and the BMA all
coming out strongly against them - the Chairman of the Association of Chief
Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), Sir Stephen Bubb, teamed up with
private healthcare advocates the NHS Partners Network to lobby the health
secretary, Jeremy Hunt into not ‘watering down’ the regulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The letter co-signed by
Sir Stephen Bubb and Partners Network director David Worskett raised ‘deep
concern’ at reports in the Guardian that the government was ‘contemplating
substantive concessions over these important regulations.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Bubb and Worskett urged
the NHS to ‘embrace a new culture’ to include ‘opening the way’ for the
potential contribution of ‘new providers…We strongly urge the government to
stand firm.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Earlier this year <b><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/unedited-document-from-nhs-private.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">Social Investigations</span></a></b> exposed how Bubb was
at the heart of a <b><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-telegraph-think-tank-and-very-dodgy.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">network</span></a></b> of lobbying around the Health and
Social Care Act itself, along with Nick Seddon (now Cameron’s <b><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/andrew-robertson/this-cant-go-on-cameron-hires-private-health-lobbyist-into-heart-of-governme"><span style="color: windowtext;">health</span></a></b> policy advisor). The NHS Partners
Network’s members <b><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/nhs-partners-network-who-are-they.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">include</span></a></b> private healthcare companies with
multiple financial links to MPs and Lords. These groups were instrumental in
lobbying during the supposed ‘pause’ in the passage of the Health & Social
Care Act last year, following near total discontent across the medical
profession with the Bill’s proposals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Sir Stephen Bubb was
invited by then Health minister Simon Burns to head the Choice and Competition
panel of the NHS Future Forum. The appointment made sense to the Conservatives
as Sir Stephen Bubb had already been campaigning for a bigger role for the
voluntary sector in the public services, a key part of the Conservative party’s
‘Big Society’ mantra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Partners Network leader
David Worskett praised Bubb for his determined approach to opening up the NHS
to competition, informing his members of his ‘lengthy’ discussion with Sir
Stephen Bubb where they had ‘agreed on the approach he would take, what the key
issues are, and how to handle the politics.’ Bubb had ‘not deviated from this
for a moment throughout the period.’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Stephen Bubb's ability to
get the 'agreed' message across was appreciated by Worskett and was seen to be
so supportive that he ‘often carried the day and won more support than we might
have expected.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">The charity and voluntary
sector make up over a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jun/21/uk-health-firms-charities-tax-breaks"><span style="color: windowtext;">third</span></a> of the UK private healthcare sector, and
according to Sir Stephen Bubb <b><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/pbc/2010-11/Health_and_Social_Care_Bill/03-0_2011-02-10a.1.0#g1.7"><span style="color: windowtext;">represent</span></a></b> a ‘bigger player’ than people
think. Bubb told a 2010 voluntary sector <b><a href="http://www.sourcingfocus.com/site/newsitem/2941/"><span style="color: windowtext;">conference</span></a></b> ‘The third sector could grow by £2bn a year
by 2015, just through increased involvement in offender rehabilitation and
public health.’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Shortly after coming into
power the government met with the CBI to discuss privatisation strategy.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/03/coalition-memo-francis-maude-privatisation">Leaked
minutes</a> </b>revealed that Francis Maude told the group that transferring
services at least initially to “<span style="background: white;">charities,
social enterprises and mutuals” would be more “palatable” and carry less
“political risk” than “wholesale outsourcing to the private sector”. </span>However
in reality charities cannot compete against the financial muscle of the private
sector. Research conducted by campaign organisation the NHS Support Foundation shows
that since April 1<sup>st</sup> this year 100 clinical services worth £1.5
billion have <b><a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f4476?rss=1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%25253A+bmj%25252Frecent+%28Latest+from+BMJ%29"><span style="color: windowtext;">largely</span></a></b> gone to commercial companies. Last
month the Bain Consultancy revealed how private sector companies are now <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6424b29e-f60a-11e2-a55d-00144feabdc0.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">engaged</span></a> in an ‘arms race’ to win £5bn of
National Health Service contracts. Third sector advocates should<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>learn from the<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/patrick-butler-cuts-blog/2011/sep/19/social-enterprise-big-society-gets-reality-check">experience</a>
</b>of Surrey Central Health, where a much lauded transfer of NHS services to a
“social enterprise” led within a couple of years to a takeover by Virgin, who
were better able to raise bond finance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Recent failings from
private companies such as Serco fiddling data for their out of hours service,
or G4S overcharging on their contracts, has down nothing to diminish the speed
with which outsourcing is taking place. However, as the list of private
outsourcing failures grows, the government will increasingly appreciate <b><u>being
able to emphasise the 3<sup>rd</sup> sector</u></b> as a more palatable
alternative, even if their involvement is not sustainable. In fact, David
Cameron has already turned towards the voluntary sector in his hour of need.
When asked by Ed Miliband who supported the government’s legislation he <b><a href="http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/11698/pm_tells_parliament_that_acevo_backs_the_health_bill"><span style="color: windowtext;">cited</span></a></b> Bubb’s ACEVO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Does Bubb’s vociferous
support for privatisation benefit the 1,500 ACEVO membership of charity leaders
(the members of whom are currently hidden from public view). Or does it
ultimately benefit the members of the NHS Partners Network, whose membership
includes Virgin Care, United Health UK or Care UK? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">A recent <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/jul/31/charities-serious-players-nhs-qualified-providers"><span style="color: windowtext;">article</span></a></b> in the Guardian written by Pam
Lewis of CancerCare suggests some charities at least are willing to take part
in the dismantling of the NHS. Ms Lewis stated how the changes to the NHS will
benefit CancerCare and at the same time take the strain off of ‘traditional NHS
care providers.’ In words that echo that of Sir Stephen Bubb, she said that
‘while maintaining their charity status, they can become a ‘serious and
competitive player’ in the NHS, which would be a ‘huge step for their charity.’
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Despite the grand
ambitions of CancerCare, the evidence so far suggests charities are but a
figleaf for the private equity backed corporations who can outbid them or offer
them dubious partnerships. The carrot is dangled in front of the charities
noses, which has led them to walk hand-in-hand with private healthcare giants. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Monitor the new NHS
regulator has spent close to half a million pounds on recruitment fees to two
head hunter firms both financially connected to Members of the House of Lords.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Health and Social
Care Act massively increased the significance of Monitor’s role in the new NHS.
The previous responsibility had predominantly been as regulator to the foundation trusts.
The Health and Social Care Act greatly expanded their
significance to become the sector regulator of the NHS and competition enforcer. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">These new roles have
required new staff and Monitor have chosen two firms with financial links to
Members of the Lords to fill the key roles in their organisation. Following a
Freedom of Information request, it was <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/baroness-headhunter-company-making.html"><b>discovered</b></a> that one of the companies,
Odgers Berndtson, filled 12 senior personnel at a cost of close to £200,000 in
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Odgers employ Baroness
Bottomley as </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">Chair of
the Board and CEO practice and she also holds shares in their holding company
Broomco Ltd. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The former health secretary was able to
vote on the Health bill despite her financial interests, which has opened up
revenue channels for her employer. The Chairman, Richard Boggis-Rolfe, has </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">given £207,500 in <span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/docs\.google\.com\/file\/d\/0B9wqT_0EkhCwcnJXRDNQRmhzb2M\/edit\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">donations</span></b></span></span> to the
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also revealed that the other company used was Saxton Bampfylde, who has gained
revenue over £230,000 in fees since 2010. Labour Peer
Lord Stevenson, the former Chairman of HBOS plc, which almost collapsed under
his guidance has shares in the company. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards recommended his
being banned from the industry stating “</span><span lang="EN-US">Lord Stevenson
has shown himself incapable of facing the realities of what placed the bank in
jeopardy from that time until now". </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Saxton Bampfylde according to the release, were
involved in the appointment of Monitor’s CEO, a position currently held by David
Bennett, a former partner of global management firm Mckinsey, who were
instrumental in the content of the Health and Social care Act. In fact,
individuals from the private sector are dominated in the key positions at
Monitor from companies like KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and McKinsey. Saxton
Bampfylde recruited the executive director for cooperation and competition at
Monitor, the director of organisation transformation and their chief economist
as they consolidate their new position as Health and Social Care Act enforcer. Included
in the costs according to Monitor were psychometric tests, which can include
things like the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality
traits, and educational measurement.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Monitor was recently exposed as having
spent 40% of their overall <a href="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/exclusive-nhs-regulator-spends-40-of-budget-on-consultants-1-5641667"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">budget</b></a> on private consultants,
which included £1.9million to David Bennett’s former firm Mckinsey. The NHS is under
severe financial restraint across the service, but not Monitor it would seem,
who have spent close to half a million pounds on recruitment for 23 positions
at a cost of over £18,000 each individual appointment. </span></div>
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Nuffield Trust, formerly Treasurer and Trustee of Cancer Research UK and
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Executive of The Health Foundation and Department of Health’s National Quality
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London Ambulance Service NHS Trust for ten years</span></div>
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hospital and co-designed the North West London Local Education Training Board. </span></b>Heather
is also a non-executive director of NMC Healthcare, a FTSE 250 company<b><span style="font-family: Cambria;"></span></b></span></div>
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Hay:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Also on the board - Managing Director of
Provider Regulation – formerly KPMG - He has advised the boards of corporate
and private equity houses and his portfolio of financial experience is
wide-ranging and includes mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, IPOs, and
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PricewaterhouseCoopers - She has advised the boards of corporate and private
equity houses and her portfolio of financial experience is wide-ranging and
includes mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and initial public offerings
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– formerly Linklaters global law firm – Catherine has worked across a wide
range of sectors, including consumer goods, energy, media and healthcare.
Linklaters <a href="http://www.linklaters.com/WhatWeDo/Sectors/Healthcare/Pages/Index.aspx"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">clients</b></a> include pharmaceuticals and
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Patients
are about to be targeted like never before by advertising companies as face
recognition software merges with information screens to profile your interests
as you wait for your doctor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Lord<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Sugar is on the verge of selecting one
more hard-nosed apprentice to his entrepreneurial stable as his Apprentice
programme reaches its latest conclusion this Wednesday. Quite what work the
eventual winner will undertake is unclear but a previous winner was <a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/en/news-1/apprentice-winners-achieve-success-with-amscreen-healthcare"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">selected</b></a>
to run the sales of a project that profiles patients in the NHS as they sit and
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Amscreen
Plc is part of Lord Sugar’s Amshold Group of companies, which is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196865/Sir-Alan-Sugar-fit-proper-person-sit-Lords-says-LibDem-peer.html">based</a></b>
in the tax haven of Jersey and is overseen by his son Simon Sugar, who is the
CEO. The company, which <a href="http://www.screenmediamag.com/screenmedianews/3022-amscreen-prepares-to-launch-simon-sugar-at-the-helm"><b>launched</b></a> in 2008 when Lord Sugar bought Comtech M2M, provides T.V screens into places where there is a captive
audience and places targeted marketing alongside the other content the
organisation may use. These screens are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/en/news-1/apprentice-winners-achieve-success-with-amscreen-healthcare">placed</a></b>
in GP surgeries, hospitals and dentists throughout the UK and in Europe
and also in petrol stations, convenience stores. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The
way it works is like this. Amscreen will place a screen for free in say a GP
surgery, which allows the surgery to inform patients on matters such as surgery
opening hours or flu jab reminders. The money they get is by selling the other
space on the screen to advertisers which will be part of a pre-packaged programme
that will reach the captive audience waiting to be seen by their doctor. </span>
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its screens in two main ways: by either funding the screen and
installation at a client's premises, allocating some airtime to that
client alongside the preloaded advertising, or by selling screens
to a client and enabling them to control their own media
network (in return for a small monthly fee) where they have 100%
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Amscreen
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/en/healthcare">health</a></b> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">has expanded their operation so that around 850
screens now exist in 695 GP surgeries, Pharmacies, Hospitals, and Dentists. Amscreen
offer various packages depending on their target audiences, which are tailored
towards over 55s, health charities, mother & baby, pharmaceuticals and
private health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Amscreen is <a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/en/amscreen-1"><b>mainly</b></a> in the UK, but is expanding into Europe and around the world. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Three
years ago, Amscreen and private hospital group, BMI Healthcare agreed a
two-year partnership, which involved BMI Healthcare providing live <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/en/news-1/amscreen-and-bmi-healthcare-agree-partnership">weather</a></b>
feeds to advise patients on their ‘healthcare choice’. Quite how many meteorologists
exist within the hospital network is unclear, but what is known is that this
platform also allowed for the company to reach out to millions of patients
advertising their services. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Nigel
Moon, the Head of Marketing at BMI Healthcare said at the time “This
advertising and sponsorship package provides us with a great opportunity to
feature BMI Healthcare, our local hospitals and services to a highly targeted
audience at a key time in the patient journey.” BMI Healthcare are just one of
many other private health companies listed as ‘established relationships’,
which include Baxter, GSK and Pfizer and Bayer healthcare, who are able to
reach captive audiences in GP surgeries across the healthcare network. </span>
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regularly cited on Amscreen's website, Care UK and Bupa have also been clients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">However,
take up of the Amscreen product has not been as successful as he would like. In
an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/analysis/1159542/">interview</a></b> with
marketing company 'Campaign Live', Lord Sugar said </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">‘I don’t get them…I don’t understand why these people don’t say:
‘Bloody hell, I’ve got a captive audience of hypos [hypochondriacs] sitting
there and I’ll bang my Anadin vs Panadol [messaging] on the screens
non-stop’. The Labour Peer, according to the marketing website believes ‘all
over-the-counter drugs should use Amscreen’s screens in health environments.’ This method according to their own <a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/files/downloads/healthcare/healthcare-pharmaceutical.pdf"><b>material</b></a>, will drive an 'uplift in prescriptions.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">In order to improve the
sales of Amscreen, the company has now </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">teamed up with a face recognition company called
Quividi. This <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/10170020/Minority-Report-moves-step-closer-as-Lord-Sugar-launches-face-recognition-adverts.html">technology</a></b>
will be able to ‘determine the gender, age, date, time and volume of the
viewers’ that look at the adverts and give real-time feedback to the
advertisers. Lord Sugar’s son Simon reckons “brands deserve to know not just an
estimation of how many eyeballs are viewing their adverts, but who they are,
too.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Alan Sugar, who was given
his peerage in 2009, is a Lord largely in name only. In the last year he has
taken part in 3 debates and has <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_sugar">voted</a></b> in 3.74% of
votes, which given his outside interests is unsurprising. In addition when Lord
Rea put forward a motion to shelve the Health and Social Care bill, Mr Sugar
didn’t bother to turn up. However, he is of use to the Labour party who have
gladly received </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">£333,650.84 in donations from the ‘noble’ peer since 2001. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Patients
are surely entitled to be able to enter a GP surgery without being targeted by
advertisers. Patients largely trust their GP and if drugs appear on the screen
in front of them, then they may think that the GPs had control over the
content. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is certainly recognised by
Amscreen who explicitly say the positioning of advertising in a GP surgery is a
‘perceived endorsement’ </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">of a product by
the GP.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The
idea that you will be having your face analysed by advertisers as you sit
waiting for your Doctor is surely an invasion of your privacy, despite assurances
that faces are detected rather than captured. Many people going into the GP
will presumably be concerned over their health, which is a matter not overlooked by Amscreen. In their promotion <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amscreen.eu/files/downloads/healthcare/healthcare-pharmaceutical.pdf">material</a></b>
it points out ‘Our high impact screens will provide advertisers with an
opportunity to communicate with a broad audience in a receptive mind-set when
mental and physical wellbeing for themselves, their families and the community
is top of mind.’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">This all means that a patient without their
knowledge or permission is providing information for free to advertisers in the
perceived trusted environment of their surgery. Although other important
information is imparted on the screens, the local surgery is acting in
partnership with whoever the advertisers happen to be over the contractual period. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">All this amounts to a
situation in which patients are being taken advantage of in a vulnerable
moment, which is a clear breach of trust by the GP surgery, hospital or dentist, whether privately run or NHS. Such a practice should stop and if you see a screen when you're waiting for your appointment next, then you may need to assume you're being watched.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>1.</b> <b>Change the NHS from within:</b> New research conducted by Social
Investigations has revealed a Head Hunter firm with financial links to a
Conservative Baroness has been able to gain revenue directly from changes that
took place because of the Health and Social Care Act on which the Baroness
voted. Furthermore, the Chairman of the company has funded the Conservative
party in a process that changes the NHS from within. <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/baroness-headhunter-company-making.html"><b>Full story...</b></a></span></div>
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second debate on lobbying, following the recent scandal to envelop parliament
and once more soil the already tarnished reputation of UK politics. In
the debate, which was on the introduction of a statutory register of lobbyists,
the Labour MP for Easington, Grahame Morris, chose to highlight the breadth of
healthcare interests held by MPs and Lords; the first time this research has
entered into parliamentary discussion. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/nothing-short-of-corruption-lobbying.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Cambria;"></span></div>
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Documents released by the Department of Health under the Freedom of Information
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to turn the NHS into an “asset” of “UK Plc” - and which suggests the government
needs to “charm” private healthcare “international corporations”. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/communications-reveal-2020health-wants.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"></span></div>
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Howe:</b> The Parliamentary Under secretary for Health Earl Howe, who led the
Health and Social Care bill proceedings in the House of Lords, was listed as a
patron for pro-market think tank 2020health, just before the elections. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/earl-howe-former-patron-of-pro-market.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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Seddon:</b> Number 10 welcomes Nick Seddon, former lobbyist and private healthcare
advocate, into Downing Street to lead on
health policy formation. What does this say about Cameron’s real attitude to
the lobbying game he has publicly decried? And what kind of policies will
Seddon be pushing now? There are good reasons to be concerned. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/we-cant-go-on-like-this-cameron-hires.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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represent every stage of the healthcare value chain: from private equity firms
that fund private healthcare companies, to holding shares in those same
companies. They are Chairmen of companies who run NHS estates, are involved in
PFI deals, are partners in legal firms that seal those deals, advisers to
private hospitals, they also represent companies in pharmaceutical media,
medical equipment, care homes, lobbying, and health insurance. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/breaking-code-and-healthcare-chain.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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Coup: The Lords didn’t save us the first time:</b> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In
early 2012 the Lords voted in favour of the Health and Social Care bill, the
final step in turning it into an Act. As the Lords sat in the house to debate
and vote on the bill, research conducted by Social Investigations <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html">revealed</a></b>
the Lords were riddled with private healthcare interests across all parties.
Despite these recent or present financial links to private companies involved
in healthcare, they were allowed to debate and vote. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/healthcare-coup-lords-didnt-save-us.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a>
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<b>8. Unhealthy Influence: The Rise of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>then
NHS Partners Network: </b><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The transformation</span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> of a small
private healthcare trade association into a powerful and influential lobby
group provides a clear indication of the direction the NHS has taken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today the NHS Partners Network has some of
the most powerful private healthcare companies as members and is a trustee on
the NHS Confederation board. Social Investigations journalist Andrew Robertson
examines the development of one of the best-connected and most persuasive
privatisation cheerleaders. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-rise-of-nhs-partners-network.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a><br />
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message proffered by David Cameron when he spoke at the World Economic Forum in
Davos was tax avoidance would become a priority of the UK’s presidency
for this year. In reality, the government acts in the opposite manner, rewards
those companies who channel money to tax havens with further contracts paid for
by the taxpayer. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/tax-haven-no-contract.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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Mandate, Unwanted Rejected: </b>George Osborne has maintained his stance to weaken
worker protections in exchange for shares. In doing so he exposes himself as
utterly undemocratic, and highlights the need for the unions to regain some
strength. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/rights-for-shares-no-mandate-unwanted.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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Lords and MPs and Their Companies: </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This list represents private healthcare companies
that are financially linked to Lords and MPs from all parties that have won
contracts since the government announced the white paper Equity and Excellence:
Liberating the NHS, which in turn led to the Health and Social Care Act. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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life peer of the House of Lords, I added his name to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html">list</a></b>
of over 200 parliamentarians who have recent past or present financial links to
companies involved in healthcare. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lord-help-us-tory-donor-made-peer.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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Report to Open NHS to Healthcare Companies:</b> A hitherto restricted report
commissioned by Labour back in 2000 has revealed how Virgin overstepped their
remit – advice on improving customer service in the NHS - by promoting an
increase in the use of private companies. Further inclusions written into the
report by mystery authors also reveal a fledgling policy idea that would later
become part of Virgin’s expansion into the healthcare market. The document also
sheds light on New Labour’s wider programme of marketising the NHS – the job
the Coalition has now seen to conclusion. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/labour-used-virgin-restricted-report-to.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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Transfer:</b> A private outsourcing company who are in receipt of one of the
highest government spends have channeled over half a billion pounds into an
offshore tax haven. One of the group of company directors, part-funded David
Cameron’s leadership campaign in 2005 with two £10,000 payments. </span><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/outsourcing-companys-half-billion.html"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Full story...</span></b></a></div>
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research conducted by Social Investigations has revealed a Head Hunter firm with
financial links to a Conservative Baroness has been able to gain revenue
directly from changes that took place because of the Health and Social Care Act
on which the Baroness voted. Furthermore, the Chairman of the company has
funded the Conservative party in a process that changes the NHS from within.</span></span></div>
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Baroness Bottomley is the Chair of the Board and CEO practice of Odgers
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head hunter company works in thirteen industry areas including Healthcare, and
been heavily involved in vetting key personnel into the new NHS<br />
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responsibility for NHS services from Primary Care Trusts to the newly formed
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management Challenges in Clinical Commissioning Groups’, which stated how
‘Making intelligent appointments to (CCG)…Boards, and, subsequently to
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</span><a href="mailto:http://www.odgersberndtson.co.uk/gb/industries-functions/industry-practices/healthcare/"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">new</span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> ‘intelligent appointments’ vetted
by Odgers & Berndtson and accepted by the relevant departments will act as the
new drivers in the CCGs and change the NHS from within. ‘Through thought-leadership
seminars and networking’ they claim to ‘bring the rising stars of the NHS
together to inspire best practice and help shape a vision for the
future.’ </span></span></div>
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having only been in existence since April, several CCGs have already spent over
£350,000 on recruitment services provided by Odgers & Berndtson. These
revenues, which were made possible due to the changes imposed by the Health and
Social Care Act, occurred in part thanks to the vote of Baroness Bottomley.</span></span></div>
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tentacles of Odger’s influence stretch across the NHS spectrum and they will be finding the replacement ofr current NHS Chief, David Nicholson. Odgers is part
of the government’s recruitment framework and have been involved in four
appointments in the Department of Health. A further freedom of information
request revealed they were also involved in the </span><a href="http://www.cqc.org.uk/media/care-quality-commission-appoints-paul-bate-director-strategy-and-intelligence"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">recruitement</span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> of David Cameron’s former special
policy adviser on health, and ex-</span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099940/NHS-health-reforms-Extent-McKinsey--Companys-role-Andrew-Lansleys-proposals.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">McKinsey</span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> consultant Paul Bate to the beleaguered Care
Quality Commission. Furthermore, Odgers have been used to fill seven appointments in the North-West London Commissioning Support Unit at a cost of £66,000.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In addition
to the CCGs, a freedom of Information request has discovered that many of the
key positions in the new NHS regulator Monitor, have been filled using Odgers
Berntdson. In total 12 senior personnel have been sourced and vetted by Odgers
at a cost of nearly £200,000 of taxpayers money.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Policy Adviser </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Medical Adviser </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Total cost of services provided (excluding
advertising) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">£195,018.15 </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Since
becoming a life peer in June 2005, Mrs Bottomley’s attendance rate has been
just 20%, yet somehow she managed to turn up for every day of the Health and
Social care bill and voted to help turn the legislation into an Act.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Richard Boggis-Rolfe</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Furthermore,
the Chairman of Odgers & Berndtson, Richard Boggis-Rolfe has given £207,500
in </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9wqT_0EkhCwcnJXRDNQRmhzb2M/edit" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">donations</span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> to the Conservative party between 2006 up
until the General election. In an interview with City newspaper CityAM, he
revealed the benefit of having the baroness and ex-health secretary on her
books when he said ‘</span><span style="color: #262626;">Everyone takes her
call.’ </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When Baroness
Bottomley </span><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/111011-0001.htm" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">rose</span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> to speak in the Health and Social Care bill second reading, the former
Conservative health secretary said to her fellow peers “</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The role of Monitor has been excellently refined. It has allowed the
transitional phases to develop, but the health service needs a bit of
muscular intervention...I give this Bill an
unequivocal and extraordinarily warm welcome.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No doubt a thought shared by her chairman.</span></span></div>
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healthcare interests</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">In April 1993 Virginia Bottomley as Secretary of State for
Health in the Conservative party under John Major, announced her intention to increase
private company involvement in the NHS. In a speech reported by the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/private-care-sought-for-nhs-bottomley-wants-health-firms-to-take-advantage-of-relaxed-treasury-rules-1455025.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Independent</span></a> to the
Confederation of British Industry, Mrs Bottomley informed us that although NHS
patients will still be treated free, ‘the service should 'buy' more care from
private hospitals and health care companies such as Bupa.’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Forward wind 14 years and on the 17<sup>th</sup> of May
2007, Bupa announced the appointment of three new Non-executive Directors, one
of which is Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone. </span></div>
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Although having just left her Bupa post in May this year, Mrs Bottomley’s
healthcare interests don’t end there. The Baroness is also a non-executive
director of medical technology multi-national Smith and Nephew, a member of the
International Advisory Board for Tokyo-based Chugai Pharmaceutical Company Ltd
a board member of Akzo Nobel, which is listed in the NHS purchasing directory
as decoration suppliers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Is it enough that Virginia Bottomley simply registered her
interests but was still allowed to vote on the Health bill? In doing so she has
played a part in opening up increased revenue opportunities for her employer
whose chairman also part-funded Conservative central party. Her sheer delight
at the bill’s existence and her connections to companies that are already
benefitting from the NHS, surely makes for an urgent need to change the rules
and end the vote when there is a conflict of interest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Councillors at local level are unable to vote with a
‘prejudicial’ interest and can debate at the discretion of their fellow
councillors but no such restrictions exist MPs or Lords. The time has surely
come to make them abide by the same restrictions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">There are several companies who have connections to Lords
and MPs who have <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">directly</span></b></a>
gained revenue or changed company position due to the Health and Social care
Act. In <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">total</span></b></a>
over 200 parliamentarians have recent or present financial links to companies or
individuals involved in healthcare, all able to vote on the Health and Social
Care Act. This situation was <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/nothing-short-of-corruption-lobbying.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">recently</span></b></a>
described by the Labour MP for Easington, Grahame Morris as <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘nothing short of corruption.’ </span></span></div>
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</style><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The House of Commons
have just hosted a second debate on lobbying, following
the recent scandal to envelop parliament and once more soil the already
tarnished reputation of UK politics. </span>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the debate, which
was on the introduction of a statutory register of lobbyists, the Labour MP for
Easington, Grahame Morris, chose to highlight the breadth of healthcare
interests held by MPs and Lords; the first time this research has entered into
parliamentary discussion. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the debate, he
asked the leader of the House of Commons, Andrew Lansley how he thought the
public would react ‘</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">when they find out that, </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">one
in four</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">
Conservative peers…</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">have
recent or current financial <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/conservative-lords-and-their-financial.html">links</a></b>
with private health care? Will the Bill address that?’</span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Andrew Lansley, whose
office was part-funded by an individual investor in healthcare when he was
shadow health secretary replied with this: ‘</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">I have no idea of the specifics of what the
hon. Gentleman talks about or of what precisely he means by what he said, but
what I would say is that transparency is important. If Members of this House have
financial interests in companies, they should be very clear about them in the
Register of Members’ Financial Interests and they should be very clear that they
do not act in Parliament in a way from which they could personally benefit through
their relationship.’</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Andrew Lansley like so
many of his fellow MPs fail to recognise that to simply register your interests
is not enough, it is the interests themselves that is the problem. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">What does Andrew
Lansley think Mr Morris meant by informing him of these vested interests? </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">The specifics are easy to understand, parliament is riddled with
corporate interest. The implications are that our so-called ‘public servants’
represent corporations, who help write policy and then lobby to ensure MPs and Lords vote on legislation that will open up revenue opportunities for them. This
happened in the Health and Social care bill, and companies connected to MPs and
Lords have since made <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html">money</a></b>
thanks to their vote. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Reform</span></b></div>
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In addition to the extraordinary amount of vested healthcare links, Mr Morris
brought to the House's attention, the influence that think tanks have
on policy and their lobbying. Mr Morris chose to focus on Reform, a free market
think tank seen by the Conservative Home <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/03/the-growth-of-b.html">blog</a></b>
as being a part of the Conservative movement. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He rightly pointed out
Reform’s links to big corporations and that so many of these businesses also
employ MPs and Lords. His reasonable assessment of Reform caused the Conservative
MP for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins, to offer a word of caution. Mr
Collins who has worked in both marketing (M&C Saatchi) and political
communications (Lexington) before becoming a MP said the House needs to ‘take
care, in defining who lobbyists are’, he suggested and that ‘Reform’ are ‘</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">an independent
think-tank with a cross-party board</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">‘.
This according to Mr Collins is ‘very different’ from s</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">omeone who is a
paid-for corporate lobbyist working for a professional lobbying company or an
individual company.’ </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The warning was enough
to make a slightly uncertain Mr Morris retract slightly ‘</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">Perhaps I could have selected
a better example. If I was wrong, I acknowledge that.’</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In fact Mr Morris had chosen
the perfect example. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Corporate policy writing</span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Damian Collins
assertion that Reform’s setup is somehow different to a ‘paid-for corporate
lobbyist </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">working
for a professional lobbying company or an individual company’ is wrong. Until
recently, Nick Seddon was the deputy director of Reform, having moved from his
previous position as Head of Communications at private health company Circle
Health. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">When at Reform, he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/key-member-of-nhs-future-forum-colluded.html">lobbied</a></b>
Sir Stephen Bubb, who was the head of the Choice and Competition part of the
NHS Future Forum, set up during the health bill pause. His role was clearly to
push for competition to remain in the bill but that was not all he did. <br />
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Seddon wrote articles regularly including in the Telegraph. As a former head of
communication you might expect this, but his articles were part of a network,
which included Reform, the Telegraph and a healthcare lobby group who <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-telegraph-think-tank-and-very-dodgy.html">joined</a></b>
forces to ensure the Telegraph’s editorial hosted pro-market opinion pieces
direct from the lobbyists, which included Seddon. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">Presumably Nick Seddon’s work for Reform was remunerated, which firmly
places him in the ‘paid-for corporate lobbyist’ camp. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">Now Reform to the discredit of the Charity Commission are a charity, so
Damian Collins is right on a technicality that they are not a company, but they
are certainly professional and they certainly lobby.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">Over half of their corporate sponsors are private healthcare companies,
they write reports that are used as vehicles to lobby assisted by their
corporate partners. These reports that are often big on recommendations and
small on research promote one thing consistently. Privatise. The government
often base policies on Reform and proudly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/2011/jul/11/reactions-public-service-reform-white-paper">launch</a></b>
the policy at Reform events.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The answer to all this
was for Cameron to hire Seddon into the health policy unit up until the next
election. This move is evidence enough that Cameron has little intention to
draw in lobbying. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Collins claim that Reform
are independent is also false. The use of the word ‘independent’ is frequently
used by think tanks in order to appear politically balanced in order to gain
charity status. But research into the power base of Reform, shows they are
entirely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/reform-think-tank-and-their-links-to.html">linked</a></b>
to the right and almost entirely to the Conservative party.</span></div>
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The think tank writes policy with the input of the corporations under the
tagline that ‘</span><span lang="EN-US">their expertise is often left out of the
Whitehall policy discussion.’ This clear falsity has been <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/reform-full-account-of-free-market.html">discredited</a></b>
several times through research into a few of the individual companies that make
up Reform’s corporate partners. These companies in fact represent some of the
biggest businesses in the U.K. and are not left out of Whitehall discussion; in
fact many of them also </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">employ
Lords and MPs.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Rules</span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">One of the problems
not discussed in the debate was the fact that Members of both the Commons and
the Lords can vote regardless of whether their financial interest conflicts
with the legislation they are about to vote. They can also amend legislation
despite these interests and they can become <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/communications-reveal-2020health-wants.html">patrons</a></b>
of organisations, without having to register their interests. These loopholes
do not exist at local level whereby councillors with such interests are banned
from voting and debating at the discretion of the chamber.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So praise indeed to
Grahame Morris who has raised the issue of healthcare vested interests into
parliament for the first time. As Grahame Morris rightly pointed out, “</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">The links with private
health care companies are wide and extensive in this House</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“ and not <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/one-in-six-labour-peers-have-financial.html">just</a></b>
with the Conservatives. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">So extensive are the interests they amount to </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">over 200 parliamentarians with these <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html">links</a>,
</b>which represents every part of the healthcare <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/breaking-code-and-healthcare-chain.html">chain</a></b>.
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt;">This is ‘democracy’ in Britain today, and a situation that according to
Grahame Morris is ‘nothing short of corruption.’</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Petition</span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There is a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/44971">petition</a></b> to
highlight this point and to stop MPs from voting when they have a financial
interest that conflict with the legislation. I urge you to sign it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Documents released by the
Department of Health under the Freedom of Information Act reveal a healthcare
think tank with multiple links to coalition peers wants to turn the NHS into an
“asset” of “UK Plc” - and which suggests the government needs to “charm”
private healthcare “international corporations” </span>
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<span class="il"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2020health</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> calls itself an ”independent, grass roots think tank”
whose purpose is to “create the conditions for a healthy society through
research, evaluation, campaigning and relationships.<span class="il">”</span> <br />
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Correspondence between the health minister Earl Howe, former patron of 2020
Health, and the think tank’s founder Julia Manning reveals some of the nature
of these ‘relationships’. <br />
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At Julia Manning’s invitation, Earl Howe was a guest speaker at a ‘high-level
discussion breakfast roundtable’ with key clinical and industry leaders back in
February 2011, during the ‘listening pause’ in the passage of the Health &
Social Care Act through parliament. After the meeting, Ms Manning wrote to
thank Earl Howe. In the letter, which has been obtained by Social
Investigations, she noted that Earl Howe had told the meeting that the message
of the UK
health being open for business was “not getting through.”<br />
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Manning had asked what should be done to attract “global companies to the UK.” She pushed
for a “radical message” to make the NHS part of the “UK PLC”, an “asset” and “driver
of economic growth.”<br />
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Manning warned that historically, the NHS had been good at “repelling business”
and that investment in healthcare was “much easier in the USA.”<br />
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She laid the blame for the lack of movement at the door of the last Labour
government, who she said had gained a reputation for “bureaucratic obstructions
to market access.” <br />
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Such correspondence adds to the concern that the Health and Social Care Act was
less about improving services and more about opening up the public-funded
health service to big business. In other words, the ‘UK PLC’ Ms Manning
envisages and has so earnestly promoted to Earl Howe. Throughout the progress
of the Health and Social Care bill, Manning acted as a champion for private
healthcare involvement in the NHS and wrote several articles that promoted the ‘benefits’
they bring into the NHS<br />
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In order to open up the NHS to a market, Julia Manning also advised Lord Howe that
”international corporations” should be met with a “charm and diplomatic
offensive by high level officials.”<br />
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Many may baulk at the idea that our elected government should beg for corporate
attention within the NHS. But p<span class="apple-style-span">rior to the Health
bill being passed into law, Earl Howe told a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/big-opportunities-for-private-sector-in-health-bill-says-minister/12663018.article#.UZ39voLBfu0">forum</a></b>
hosted by healthcare market researchers Laing and Busisson that ‘</span>‘The
opening up of the NHS creates genuine opportunities for those of you who can
offer high quality, convenient services that compete favourably with current
NHS care… There will be big opportunities for the private sector”.<br />
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In later correspondence, Julia Manning went on a charm offensive of her own. In
March this year she asked Earl Howe to become a member of 2020health and to
‘join us and share in this adventure’. Whether Earl Howe accepted her offer is
currently unknown. (Update, 2020health have recently released their supporters and funders). Click <a href="http://www.2020health.org/2020health/about/Our-Supporters---members.html"><b>here</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2020 Health already has
strong links to both the Conservative Party and the health insurance industry.
Ms Manning herself was a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_East_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29">former</a></b>
Conservative parliamentary candidate and has a background in health insurance.
2020health’s former chairman was Tom Sackville; a former Conservative minister
under the Thatcher government is the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ifhp.com/council.html">Chief Executive</a></b> of the
International Federation of Health Plans, which represents one hundred private
health insurance companies in 31 countries. </span></div>
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Aside from Earl Howe’s former patronage, four other peers are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.2020health.org/2020health/about/whoswho/Patrons.html">listed</a></b>
as current patrons - Lord Clement-Jones, Baroness Cumberlege, Lord McColl and
Lord Rennard have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/2020health-patrons.html">connections</a></b>
to companies or organisations involved in private healthcare. The popularity in
patronage might be because the House of Lords rules allow for patronage to take
place without this having to be registered in their personal interests. But
this patronage is used by 2020health to attract corporate members, who can
become ‘Silver’ or ‘Gold Partners’ and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.2020health.org/2020health/membership/Corporate.html">receive</a></b>
an “opportunity to network with 2020health staff, patrons and associates”. </span></div>
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The identity of companies that have taken up this offer is as yet unknown, but
what is known is that - despite their claims of independence - many of their
reports are funded by big business. The policies these reports promote to “create
a healthy society” may raise a few eyebrows. <br />
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In January 2010 - when Earl Howe was still both a patron of 2020 Health and
opposition health spokesperson - 2020 produced a report sponsored by Bayer
healthcare <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2020health.org%2Fdms%2F2020health%2Fdownloads%2Freports%2F2020culturechange.pdf&ei=hEeaUeC8NoG3hQepuIDIBA&usg=AFQjCNFWxvP0hct9w7Ef21ML-gXJC1UE9Q&sig2=0adZRA">entitled</a></b>
‘<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Responsibility in healthcare: changing
the culture’. The report </span>advocated the end of free treatment for minor
or for ‘repeat offenders’ under a section on ‘lifestyle’ illnesses. It
suggested that electronic records could facilitate a penalty system for those
who repeatedly turn up to A&E drunk or ‘high’. In addition, the report
bemoaned that “the culture of people being deterred from seeking help because
they are worried about ‘being a burden’ is fast fading”. <br />
<br />
2020 Health is also a leading <a href="http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/01/julia-manning-adopting-elements-of-the-us-system-is-essential-to-save-the-nhs-hundreds-of-millions-o.html">advocate</a>
for ‘telehealth’ - the replacement of face to face contact with telephone and
electronic monitoring devices. Its <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CD4QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2020health.org%2Fdms%2F2020health%2Fdownloads%2Freports%2F2020telehealthLOW.pdf&ei=QzybUbzjNIuqhAf164DQAQ&usg=AFQjCNFgaI6HdfehhyCRLCLPGIQMePfXiw&sig">report</a>,
</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Healthcare without Walls</span> was published just after the government had
published its White Paper “Liberating the NHS” states that ‘the White Paper
creates the environment in which the demand for telehealth-enabled services can
be fostered”. The report was sponsored by private healthcare corporations
including Tunstall (a leading provider in telehealth), Accenture, Vodafone,
Pfizer and others. Despite 2020 Health’s stated emphasis on “research” and
“evaluation” there have been a number of reports highlighting safety and cost
problems with the telehealth model. The same report also pushes the use of personal
health budgets…’ a move seen by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/unison/personal-health-budgets-unanimously-opposed-by-nurses/5000671.article">many</a></b>
as a step towards privatisation and an insurance model.<br />
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Manning’s letter to Howe reveals how she and her “consultative authors” lobbied
Oliver Letwin hard on the point that David Cameron should be known as the “Technology
PM”. This attempt to label Cameron “didn’t succeed” but Ms Manning is
unperturbed. She ended her letter to the Earl by stating “we have to start
firing up radical flares to attract investment and ensure resistance to change
in the NHS is not tolerated.”</span></div>
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Such support for both big business, which funds their reports and Manning’s suggestions
for David Cameron’s image suggests 2020health are anything but independent.
Furthermore, the message turning the NHS into an economic arm of ”UK PLC”
brings an end to the illusion that the Health and Social Care Act is about improving
patient care.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This was co-published on Our NHS <a href="http://opendemocracy.net/ournhs/andrew-robertson/2020-health-working-with-lord-howe-to-make-nhs-auk-plc-asset"><b>here</b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The 2020health <a href="http://www.2020health.org/2020health/about/Our-Supporters---members.html"><b>membership</b></a> just published and highlighted to me on 25th September 2013 </span></div>
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<a href="http://bma.org.uk/-/media/Images/News%20Large%20196%20x148/EarlHowe196x148px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://bma.org.uk/-/media/Images/News%20Large%20196%20x148/EarlHowe196x148px.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Parliamentary Under
secretary for Health Earl Howe, who led the Health and Social Care bill
proceedings in the House of Lords, was listed as a patron for pro-market think
tank 2020health, just before the elections.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Knowledge of the Earl’s
patronage has only just appeared after the discovery of a policy <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.coib.org/uploadsBO/Generica/Documents/20-01%20DOS%20INFORME%20REINO%20UNIDO.PDF">paper</a></b>
written by 2020health for the Spanish right-wing publication ‘Sanifax.’ The
‘Dosier Especial’ titled ‘a healthier nation’, was a Green policy paper
produced in January 2010 and introduced in Spanish as having been created with
the ‘support of David Cameron’ on the ‘necessary reforms.’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">At the time of the report,
the Chairman of the think tank was Tom Sackville, a former Conservative
minister and Parliamentary Under –Secretary for Health who is the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ifhp.com/council.html">Chief
Executive</a></b> of the International Federation of Health Plans, which
represents one hundred private health insurance companies in 31 countries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2020health is now led by
founder Julia Manning a former director of the UK Institute of Optometry and
Conservative <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_East_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29">candidate</a></b>
in the 2005 election, has been vociferous in her <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://manningblog.dailymail.co.uk/2011/09/the-nhs-would-collapse-without-the-private-sector.html">support</a></b>
of an increase in private health into the NHS. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2020health reports</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The self-called
‘independent’ think tank has produced multiple reports funded by health
corporations, which <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2020health.org%2Fdms%2F2020health%2Fdownloads%2Freports%2F2020culturechange.pdf&ei=hEeaUeC8NoG3hQepuIDIBA&usg=AFQjCNFWxvP0hct9w7Ef21ML-gXJC1UE9Q&sig2=0adZRA">include</a></b>
one titled ‘<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Responsibility in
healthcare: changing the culture’. The report sponsored by Bayer healthcare was
produced in January 2010, when Earl Howe was still a patron and </span>advocated
the end of free treatment for minor or for ‘repeat offenders’ under a small
section on ‘lifestyle’ illnesses. Electronic records, the report suggested can
facilitate a penalty system for those who repeatedly turn up to A&E drunk
or ‘high’. In addition, the report recommendations bemoaned ‘the culture of
people being deterred from seeking help because they are worried about ‘being a
burden’ is fast fading’. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Earl Howe was the opposition spokesperson for
Health and Social Services and still a patron.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Promoting</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Telehealth</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A further <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CD4QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2020health.org%2Fdms%2F2020health%2Fdownloads%2Freports%2F2020telehealthLOW.pdf&ei=QzybUbzjNIuqhAf164DQAQ&usg=AFQjCNFgaI6HdfehhyCRLCLPGIQMePfXiw&sig">report</a></b>
written in the same period was published just after the government had produced
its White paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS. The focus of this
report was on the area of telehealth and was titled ‘Healthcare Without Walls’.
This report was also sponsored by private healthcare which included Tunstall, a
leading provider in telehealth, Accenture, Vodafone, Pfizer and others. The
opening summary states how ‘the White Paper creates the environment in which
the demand for telehealth-enabled services can be fostered…through personal
health budgets…’ </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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2020health is a leading advocate of telehealth technology, and have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&ved=0CF8QFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2020health.org%2Fdms%2F2020health%2Fdownloads%2Freports%2F2020telehealthLOW.pdf&ei=2sStUZb8KsKVhQfzo4H4Dg&usg=AFQjCNFgaI6HdfehhyCRLCLPGIQMePfXiw&sig">claimed</a></b>
the technology can make huge savings. However, all is not clear about the
benefits of ‘telehealth’. A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21874978">trial</a></b> in the UK run by
the British Medical Journal revealed costs of running telehealth were higher
than without and the technology failed to improve ‘quality of life’. Furthermore
an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/telemedicine-trebles-death-rate-in-elderly-patients/13803303.article#.Ua3HANjtkwo">analysis</a></b>
in the US
suggested the telemedicine, which is part of a telehealth programme, ‘tripled’
the death rate in elderly patients. <br />
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2020health’s support for private healthcare involvement and sponsorship from
big business for their reports may well indicate who makes up their membership.
However, d<span class="apple-style-span">espite several requests by Social
Investigations, 2020health have so far refused to publish their membership list
and denied it contains health insurance companies.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lords interests</b><br />
The dedicated promotion of telehealth by 2020health no doubt pleases Conservative
peer Lord Patten, who is a senior advisor for Charterhouse Development Capital
Ltd - who purchased leading telehealth provider and sponsor of the 2020health
report, Tunstall. Further parliamentary interest in the new technology comes in
the form of Conservative peer Lord Flight, who is the Chairman of Arden
Partners plc, an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/DEMG.L/key-developments/article/2676527">investor</a></b>
in Deltex Medical Group who produce a telehealth <b><a href="http://www.buildingbetterhealthcare.co.uk/news/article_page/Five_firms_celebrate_success_at_2013_Healthcare_Business_Awards/83557">product</a></b>
adopted by the NHS. </span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Patronage
of 2020health is popular amongst peers. Liberal Democrat Peer, Lord
Clement-Jones is a 2020health patron and a partner for DLA Piper, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">who provide lobbying, public affairs and trade policy
services as well as advice on how to get access to public service delivery
contracts. Another Peer and patron is Baroness Cumberlege, who runs her own
training and consultancy company called Cumberlege Connection. The Conservative
Peer moved herself into an alliance led by PwC, developing the new Clinical
Commissioning Groups, prior to the Health and Social care bill becoming an Act.
When a complaint was placed with the Commissioner for Standards she responded
by saying 'Disappointingly since joining the alliance Cumberlege Connections
has not earned any income through the alliance.'<span class="apple-style-span"></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pushing the market</span></b></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Earl
Howe, a former banker has recently been threatened with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/05/earl-howe-royal-college-physicians">expulsion</a></b>
from his advisory position at the Royal College of Physicians for having
‘mis-sold’ the health reforms. Earl Howe’s support for more private healthcare
involvement is clear. When speaking at a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/big-opportunities-for-private-sector-in-health-bill-says-minister/12663018.article#.UZ39voLBfu0">forum</a></b>
hosted by healthcare market researchers Laing and Busisson prior to the Health
bill being passed into Act, he told the audience ‘</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">‘The opening up of the NHS creates genuine
opportunities for those of you who can offer high quality, convenient services
that compete favourably with current NHS care… There will be big opportunities
for the private sector’. </span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">His
recent connection to 2020health is not severed and he remains a frequent guest
speaker at events hosted by the think tank such as this one on further cuts to
the NHS, an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.2020health.org/2020health/events/2012/intelxchange2may12.html">invitation</a></b>
only event. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In his opening speech on the
opening day of the Health bill in the Lords, Earl Howe said “We will support an
active role for the independent sector working alongside the NHS in the
provision of care” This ‘active role’ included his attendance at a top-level <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/health-minister-and-lansleys-special.html">meeting</a></b>
with a healthcare lobby group one year before his opening speech in the House
of Lords. </span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In
October 2010, Earl Howe, alongside Simon Burns (the then Minister for Health),
and Andrew Lansley’s Special Advisor, Bill Morgan, attended two meetings with a
private healthcare lobby group, the NHS Partners Network (NHSPN). These
meetings one of which included a Care UK representative came to light following
the discovery of a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=earl+howe">document</a></b>
written by the NHSPN, which revealed the discussions took place three months
before the Health and Social Care bill was introduced to parliament. </span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The
purpose of the discussion, according to the document, was to give members an
opportunity to ‘express their support for the policy of ‘Any Willing Provider’,
which became ‘Any Qualified Provider’, and to give those present a chance to
express any ‘concerns about whether a level playing field would truly be
created’. Furthermore, the lobby group was informed that the government felt as
if opposition to the ‘independent’ sector from GP commissioners would likely be
‘short-term’ and ‘dissipate’ in the future. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What
was said is unclear, although meeting notes were taken and although visible
from the NHS Partners Network’s website they were security protected for their
corporate health <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.nhsconfed.org/NETWORKS/NHSPARTNERS/OURMEMBERS/Pages/listofmembers.aspx">members</a></b>
only. This restriction meant the members had privy to a key meeting in which
information was discussed before both parliament and the general public. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The rules that the Lords
have to abide by are plentiful, but under their Code of Conduct, it states that
patrons ‘should not be registered’. Although it continues ‘There may however be
occasions on which such interests should be declared.’ </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Code of Conduct also
states that Members must “declare when speaking in the House, or communicating
with ministers or public servants, any interest which is a relevant interest in
the context of the debate or the matter under discussion.”</span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
However, if his patronage was not a conflict of interest worth mentioning, then
why give it up upon the general election? The rules may be lax on this matter
but surely his patronage of an organisation headed at the time by an individual
in charge of a private health insurance body, which openly supports increased
private healthcare involvement in the NHS warrants registration in his
interests. Earl Howe was instrumental in aiding the pro-market Health and
Social Care bill into Act.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Lord Warner, the Labour
former health minister, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Never%20again_0.pdf">said</a></b>
“his silky skills got the bill through”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What difference would it
have made if his fellow peers had known about his patronage is unclear but they
deserved to know; as too did the public. Thanks to flaws in the rules, his
omission it would seem was one of choice, as was his decision to go to a
meeting with private healthcare to reassure them before parliament saw the
bill. All this raises further questions about what Earl Howe’s true intentions
were behind his support for the Health and Social Care bill and may well bring
his expulsion from the Royal College of Physicians back for discussion. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/trade-justice-movement-s-mass-lobby-of-parliament_3column00_nospace_landscape-630x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/trade-justice-movement-s-mass-lobby-of-parliament_3column00_nospace_landscape-630x400.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria;">In 2009, the Rt Reverend
and Crossbench Peer Lord Eames, was appointed as the head of a cross party
review group to draw up new rules that would ban Lords from taking money from
lobby firms to ask questions in parliament. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">The rule change took place
following allegations that four Labour Lords had offered to try and amend laws
for up to £120,000. At the time, not only were there no rules to prevent such
behaviour, but there was also no Commissioner for Standards to investigate
wrongdoing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Lord Eames concluded in a
report that the rules needed to change, a commissioner for standards needed to
be instated because “We need to restore public confidence in the House of
Lords, and in the conduct of its members…There is no place in the House of
Lords for 'peers for hire'." At least these two proposals were implemented,
but the House of Lords has remained an open house to lobbyists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Part of the problem for
this stems from a lack of punishment for those who abuse their position. When a
‘noble’ peer is caught red-handed breaking the rules, they are left to remain in
the corridors of power able to vote and debate on legislation as they were able
to before. One of those accused in the 2009 sting by the Sunday Times was Lord
Snape. <br />
<br />
The paper stated that the Labour peer had agreed to obtain an exemption in a
Business Rates Supplement Bill in exchange for £24,000. The subsequent
investigation found he had "expressed a clear willingness to breach the
Code of Conduct". No action was taken. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Lord Taylor of Blackburn was recorded saying "Some companies that I
work with would pay me £100,000 a year." His punishment was to be suspended
for six months but he too remains in his position as a Lord. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">When Cameron was vying for
votes prior to the election, he gave a speech, in which he highlighted the
issues of lobbying, stating it would be the next big scandal. “We can’t go on
like this”, he informed us, “I believe it’s time we shone the light of
transparency on lobbying in our country and forced our politics to come clean
about who is buying power and influence.” <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Access to Cameron</b><br />
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">But what has he done. Well the answer to
that is nothing of substance. When Peter Cruddas the former Tory party
co-treasurer was caught on camera announcing access to the Prime Minister for a
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17503116">donation</a> of a
quarter of a million, David Cameron said "It's quite right that Peter
Cruddas has resigned. I will make sure there is a proper party inquiry to make
sure this can't happen again." What can’t happen again? If Peter Cruddas
was to be believed, and he probably shouldn’t, then he was lying about access
to the Prime Minister. If this was the case, then all that needed to happen was
to get rid of him. He was of course allowed to resign rather than be sacked,
which is another matter that angers people. The Conservative party will miss
his money, as he has given over a million pounds to the party since 2009 and
£200,000 of that just a week before his resignation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">So what else has Cameron
done to defeat the sleaze that oozes through the walls of Westminster? <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">ACOBA toothless</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">In 2011, the Advisory Committee
on Business Appointments (ACOBA) became responsible for providing restrictions
to ministers or senior civil servants who wish to work in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/abolish-acoba.html">private</a></b>
sector. This Conservative promise means that w</span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">hen Jim Easton left his position as
‘Director of Improvement and Efficiency’, at the Department of Health to become
Managing director of Care UK, ACOBA stated that there must be ‘a waiting period
of three months from his last day of service; that for 12 months, he should not
become involved in advising on bids or contracts for Department of Health
business; and that, for two years from the same date, he should not become
personally involved in lobbying UK Government on behalf of his new employer.’ <br />
<br />
ACOBA, which is overseen by Lords, has been accused of having no teeth. Paul
Flynn, the Labour MP who has worked tirelessly on the issue of lobbying, has described
the body as being run by people who</span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cambria;"> “think it's normal for an MP being
paid £65,000 for a full-time job to take on five other jobs."</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">And
the rest?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><br />
However, aside from minor restrictions imposed by an otherwise compliant ACOBA,
we are still waiting for real measures to come in. The register of lobbyists is on its way as part of a lobbying <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jun/03/lobbying-bill-statutory-register-parliament" target="_blank"><b>bill</b></a> to be brought in by the end of July, a register once <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2006-10-18&number=314&display=allpossible&sort=party" target="_blank"><b>opposed</b></a> by Labour back in 2006. On the face of it, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Clegg, who was leading the charge chose to
stand away from the process because his wife is a lobbyist, which was slowed the process.</span> Now, as the scandal breaks on corruption in parliament, a bill has miraculously appeared. However, rather than bring into line corporations, this government appear to have focused on unions who will be required to produce an annual audit of their membership, which can then evaluate accuracy for strike action ballots. Quite what state the bill will be in once it reaches its conclusions, is unclear, and no doubt we will see the irony of lobbying taking place to weaken the lobbying bill's content. <br /><br />
Parliament is full of lobbyists. Research conducted by transparency campaigners
Spin Watch, revealed 15% of Tory MPs <a href="http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/lobbying/item/71-15-of-all-new-tory-mps-are-lobbyists">elected</a>
during the last election were from a lobbying background. Not only that, but
Cameron has chosen to hire a lobbyist directly into the heart of his health
policy unit up until the election. Nick Seddon was the former deputy director
of the free market think tank, Reform. He worked tirelessly to help ensure
competition remained in the Health and Social Care Act on behalf of Reform’s
corporate supporters of which over half are companies involved in healthcare. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">These processes are all
part of the revolving door that see people come and go through parliament and
leave into big business, offering the company an insight into government
thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the other direction, they
are lobbyists and having <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lobbied
government, they are then invited in to produce policy for corporations they
used to represent and then off they go again. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Healthcare
coup</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><br />
Social Investigations discovered <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html">over</a></b>
200 parliamentarians with recent past or present links to companies or
individuals involved in healthcare. All of them able to vote, make amendments and
in one case move their company into a position to make money from the legislation
on which they voted. The same companies that employ Lords and MPs, are the same
ones who sit as corporate partners in think tanks who are invited to help them
produce reports, which end up as policy which often opens up opportunities for
increased revenues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Take Conservative Peer
Lord Blackwell, he voted on the Health and Social Care Bill, then the company
of which he is a chairman, <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lord-blackwell-how-his-vote-opened-new.html">entered</a>
into a new area for them, with an increased market made possible by his vote.
No wonder these people are a target for lobbyists and highly employable.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Sting operation</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Many Lords may not be
trustworthy, but they are certainly trusting and have once more fallen for a
sting operation. Cabinet Minister, Francis Maude has stated he would be ‘astonished’
if the lobby register didn’t make an appearance, but why are the media looking
for his word on any matter? In 2009, he was found to have <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5304772/Francis-Maude-claimed-for-second-London-home-MPs-expenses.html">claimed</a>
£35,000 in two-years for mortgage interest payments on a London flat, when he owned a house just down
the road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Power corrupts, it is not
easy to be in power and behave properly, so the rules need to be a lot tighter
than they are and the punishment a genuine deterrent. To be in a position
whereby you can change law to better the public good, is a position of privilege,
one that is abused with regularity which is a disgrace that must be met head on.
<br />
<br />
People will have their own views on what that should happen. We could make it
so that Lords get elected, which was something so vociferously opposed by the
Lords and then crushed by the Conservatives or we could abolish them all
together as considered <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/we-should-abolish-house-lords-not-reform-it">here</a>
by Tony Benn? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">If Cameron truly wanted to
do something to prevent the benefits of lobbying, then he could make it against
the rules for MPs and Lords to be able to vote, ask a question or make an
amendment if they have a non-financial or financial link to any organisation. This
would take the sting out of the reason why so many parliamentarians are offered
employment in key positions in so many companies. Any Lord or MP caught
breaking the more serious of rules ought to be sacked, not allowed to resign or
simply suspended only to return and if they break the law well that’s clearly a
matter for the police.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">For the moment we are in a situation whereby those who have been a part of the various scandals that have taken place over the last 4 years, remain in charge of introducing new rules to prevent future scandals. This is
intolerable. It is important to note that local councillors have many more
restrictions on their ability to vote and debate when they have a prejudicial
interest. It would be good if they were to denounce the flaws in the system. <br /><br />Could
it be that the MPs and Lords have allowed themselves more freedom so that
lobbying can carry on as normal? The lobbying bill will be of interest, though I am quite sure key measures will be omitted. They have been forced to announce it but they are also very clever at taking the sting out of rising anger. This bill, will likely do nothing to prevent the institutional corruption that exists, the revolving door, the directorships and appointments that provide a seat in power for the corporations writing policy for themselves. This battle for democracy continues. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.5pt;">Number 10 today welcomes Nick Seddon, former
lobbyist and private healthcare advocate, into Downing Street to lead on health
policy formation. What does this say about Cameron’s real attitude to the
lobbying game he has publicly decried? And what kind of policies will Seddon be
pushing now? There are good reasons to be concerned.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Just </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7189466/David-Cameron-warns-lobbying-is-next-political-scandal.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">before</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
the general election, David Cameron declared his opposition to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lobbying, saying “we all know how it
works. The lunches, the hospitality, the quiet word in your ear, the
ex-ministers and ex-advisors for hire... It arouses people’s worst fears and
suspicions about how our political system works, with money buying power, power
fishing for money and a cosy club at the top making decisions in their own
interest...We can't go on like this” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/health-adviser-to-prime-minister-appointed/5058395.article"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Number 10 will welcome former lobbyist Nick Seddon into the heart of
Downing Street, as his health adviser. Seddon’s last role was as deputy
director of ‘Reform’ - a free market think tank extensively funded by
healthcare and insurance companies. He has openly called for an end to the NHS
as we know it, and promoted the idea of an insurance-based system.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Before joining Reform, Nick Seddon was
head of communications at private healthcare company Circle - the first company
to take over the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-20087078"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">running
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His role during the passage of the
Health and Social Care bill was to lobby key people to defend competition in
the bill. His reward? A place in Cameron’s health policy unit,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>developing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>policies for the 2015 general election. </span></div>
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policy Unit</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
When work begins in the number 10 policy unit, Seddon will find himself working
under a team that has both financial connections to private healthcare interests,
and a long standing ideological commitment to a system of private health
insurance. He told the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/controversy-over-new-tory-health-advisor-nick-seddon-who-called-for-nhs-cuts-and-charges-for-gp-visits-8609421.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Evening
Standard</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “The exact work I do will be for Jo
Johnson and the PM to clarify.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jo Johnson MP, brother of Boris, was
recently appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office to help 2015
Tory manifesto. In July 2010, he received </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=24895"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">£6,000</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
to his constituency office from Robin Crispin Odey, </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-hospital-takeover-by-private-firm-90845"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">investor</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
in the aforementioned Circle Health. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In turn Jo Johnson will be under the
experienced hand of Conservative policy guru Oliver Letwin, who famously wrote
a </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://liberalconspiracy.org/2011/06/03/revealed-the-pamphlet-underpinning-tory-plans-to-privatise-the-nhs/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">report</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
for the Tory think tank Centre for Policy Studies titled ‘Britain’s Biggest
Enterprise, ideas for radical reform of the NHS’. The document, written when
Letwin was an advisor on ‘privatisation to overseas government’ asked:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Might it not, rather, be possible to work slowly from the
present system towards a national insurance scheme?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One could begin for example, with the establishment of the
NHS as an independent trust, with increased joint ventures between the NHS and
the private sector; move on next to the use of ‘credits’ to meet standard
charges set by central NHS funding administration for independently managed
hospitals or districts; and only at the last stage create a national health
scheme separate from the tax system.’ </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nick Seddon’s transfer from Reform to
the No10 policy unit is merely the latest example of </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/reform-think-tank-and-their-links-to.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">close
links</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> between the supposedly ‘non-party’
think tank, and the Conservative Party. Reform is often used to trail Conservative
policies. Seddon’s predecessor at Reform, Elizabeth Truss, </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/think-tank-news/news-detail/newsarticle/ex-civitas-man-seddon-joins-reform/45/?tx_tt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">went</span></b></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
on to become a</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Conservative MP, as did its founder,
Nick Herbert. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reform appears to exist principally as
a way for companies to influence the policy agenda. It is part-funded by 35 corporate
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.reform.co.uk/content/2992/donate/corporates/corporates"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">partners</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
– nearly half of whom are involved in private healthcare, health insurance, and
associated businesses - donate at least £8,000 annually to the charitable
Reform Research Trust. In 2011, Reform received<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the sum of £770,000 from its corporate partners and other
sponsors. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In return for the cash,
they are involved in research reports, able to sponsor key events with
policy-makers present and have their agenda represented in newspapers. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seddon’s
role in the Health and Social Care Act</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At Reform, Seddon played a leading role
in helping the government push through the Health & Social Care Act<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2012. At the end of the so-called
‘listening pause’ granted after massive outcry, David Worskett (director of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>healthcare lobby group the NHS Partners
Network), produced a memorandum for their members that was </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/unedited-document-from-nhs-private.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">obtained</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
by Social Investigations:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">the whole sequence of Telegraph articles and editorials on
the importance of the Government not going soft on public service reform,
including some strong pieces on health, is something I have been orchestrating
and working with Reform to bring about.’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two days earlier, Mr Seddon had </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8521240/Why-the-NHS-needs-a-regulator.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">appeared</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
in the Telegraph criticizing Clegg for saying that "instead of having a
duty to promote competition, Monitor's main duty should be explicitly to
protect and promote the interests of patients". <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seddon claimed “the two are not in conflict and competition
is actually in the best interests of patients.’ </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another Telegraph </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8516818/David-Cameron-is-getting-it-wrong-on-NHS-reform.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">article</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
by Seddon highlighted a Reform </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.reform.co.uk/attachments/files/50_It_Can_Be_Done_FINAL.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">report</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
titled ‘It can be done’, praising the increased involvement of private
companies in running hospitals in Spain and Germany. Seddon also criticised
opponents of the ‘plan to compel hospitals to compete for patients and income’.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So what policy ideas can we expect from
Nick Seddon? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is no fan of
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">In another Telegraph </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7886304/Is-the-NHS-getting-the-right-treatment.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">article</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">, which appeared the day after Andrew Lansley’s 2010
White Paper - he wrote ‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is no evidence to suggest that
they [GPs] have the skills needed, which makes it unlikely that they'll be any
good at trying to make hospitals improve what they do and cut their costs…’ However, he would like to see GPs <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18694119"><b>charge</b></a> for appointments. <br /><br /> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Such criticism may be surprisingly
welcome to the ears of his new boss, Letwin – whose original post-election blueprint
for the NHS did not include Clinical Commissioning Groups, according to </span><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-the-coalition-carved-up-the-nhs-7924971.htmlhttp:/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-the-coalition-carved-up-the-nhs-7924971.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nicholas
Timmins'</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> book on the battle over NHS reform.</span></div>
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is not lost’, because CCGs could be used as the basis to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>move towards a ‘mixed funding insurance
model. The £80 billion budget could be allocated to insurers in professional
alliances with GP groups…those who can afford to would be encouraged to
contribute more towards their care packages’.<br /></span></div>
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corporate partners of Reform, who include the Association of British Insurers
and Aviva. A greater role for insurance seems to be Seddon’s key theme – last
December he </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.pagb.co.uk/appg/reports/Annual%20Reception%20Report%205%20Dec%202013.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">told</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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insurers in other countries </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">especially those in the private sector.'
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He recommended too that the NHS should
trial the U.S. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountable_care_organization"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">system</span></b></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">of</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), which work
together to reduce costs. Once services are fragmented, such<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>schemes could act as a way to bring
them back together, but not under public control, rather, under the potential
control of insurers. </span></div>
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ACOs are funded by private health insurance, employer health schemes or the
government. According to a report
by</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the leading journal of health policy in the U.S,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> ACOs have
produced </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/brief.php?brief_id=23"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">mixed</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> results. High set up costs mean ACOs have experienced
difficulty in balance the books. There have been concerns that a few ACOs will
gain </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a ‘large share of the market, increasing their bargaining
power with private payers and reducing the potential for savings.’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seddon’s appointment clearly shows
Cameron’s hand. It shows yet again the corporate interests driving <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the dismantling the NHS, whether through
lobbyings like Seddon and Reform, or through their extensive </span><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/andrew-robertson/healthcare-coup-lords-didnt-save-us-first-time"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">links</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
with parliamentarians. Let us not forget, one in </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/conservative-lords-and-their-financial.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">four</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Conservative Lords and 58 Conservative MPs have recent or present financial
links to companies or individuals connected to private healthcare. Over twenty <span class="apple-style-span">of the companies who are listed as corporate partners of
Reform also have recent or present financial links to Lords and MPs. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The voices calling for insurance
schemes are no longer shouting from the wilderness, but are now at the
forefront of Conservative party policy-making. The Health and Social Care Act
was a façade. Behind it lay the legal mechanisms that will fragment services
and see NHS providers lost forever as increased numbers of services and public
resources move into private hands. Will these be the new organisations that
make up the ACO system that Seddon wishes to promote? </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This article was cross-posted on <a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs" target="_blank"><b>Open Democracy</b></a> </span></div>
Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-60343570736890407942013-04-25T03:53:00.001-07:002013-08-22T06:36:21.444-07:00Breaking the Code and the Healthcare Chain <style>
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Members of the House shall base their actions on consideration
of the public interest, and shall resolve any conflict between
their personal interest and the public interest at once, and in
favour of the public interest.' - the Lord's Code of Conduct</i><br /><br />
The Lords
have <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/lords/lords-divisions/" target="_blank"><b>spoken</b></a>. The coalition with a little help from Labour Peer, Lord Warner
chose to vote in favour of the government to keep section 75 regulations of the
Health and Social Care Act in place. In doing so, they imposed increased legal
pressures on the new commissioners to put out services to tender, which will
fragment the NHS into the hands of private companies. </span></div>
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financial <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html">interests</a></b>
represent every stage of the healthcare value chain: from private equity firms
that fund private healthcare companies, to holding shares in those same
companies. They are Chairmen of companies who run NHS estates, are involved in
PFI deals, are partners in legal firms that seal those deals, advisers to
private hospitals, they also represent companies in pharmaceutical media,
medical equipment, care homes, lobbying, and health insurance. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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the corporations have it covered; and the list of vested interests in both the
House of Commons and the Lords is so great, it is effectively a healthcare coup
d’état against our parliamentary institutions (see partial list below). Yet all
of the peers with such vested interests were able to vote on the Health and
Social Care bill and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/257/contents/made">section</a></b>
75 Regulations, that now threatens to hand over large chunks of the NHS into
private company hands.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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once again were placed in a situation whereby the future direction of the NHS was
in the hands of unelected individuals who have vested interests in the outcome
of their vote. One in four <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/conservative-lords-and-their-financial.html">Conservative</a></b>
Lords have these interests, as well as one in six <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/one-in-six-labour-peers-have-financial.html">Labour</a></b>
Lords, one in six <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/1-in-6-crossbench-peers-have-private.html">Crossbench</a></b>
Lords and one in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/one-in-ten-liberal-democrat-peers-have.html">ten</a></b>
Liberal Democrats. This is democracy today in Britain.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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they hold blurs the line between public and private duty. Some of the companies
who employ Lords have already won <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">contracts</b></a> in the new NHS since the
health bill became an Act; in some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/baroness-who-ran-private-business.html">cases</a></b>
at the very <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/conservative-lord-making-money-from.html">same</a></b>
moment the bill was being debated. The outcome of the vote has been made, but
the institutional corruption remains. <br />
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Below, I have a list of unelected Peers from the upper chamber who represent
the corporations that cover every part of the healthcare chain – they have it
all wrapped up.</span></div>
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Chairman of Care UK, John Nash – a Conservative Donor – made a donation of
£21,000 to then-shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, co-author of the
Health and Social Care bill. Nash now sits on the free market board of the
Centre for Policy Studies, which has produced several papers on dismantling the
NHS. Voted to reject the removal of the Section 75 regulations.</span></div>
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consultancy to NHS and private healthcare firms. Involved in PFI hospitals.
Company has <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lord-blackwell-how-his-vote-opened-new.html">entered</a></b>
new avenues within the care industry made possible by the Health and Social
Care bill and by his vote on the bill. Voted to reject the removal of Section
75 regulations.</span></div>
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equity firm Bridgepoint, who purchased Care UK – Have been involved in <a href="http://www.bridgepoint.eu/current-investments"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">17 healthcare deals</b></a> over recent years – did not vote. See his article <a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lord-patten-of-barnes-bridgepoint-and.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Management consultancy:</b> Lord
Hamilton of Epsom - </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Has a directorship with MSB Ltd (managing consultancy), who have NHS,
Bupa, Nuffield Health and CareUK listed as their clients. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Quotes:</b> 'My Lords, surely one of the
problems of the National Health Service is the wall of money that was thrown at
a totally unreformed NHS by the last Government? Do we not need management
consultants now to show us the way forward.’ See article on him <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/complaint-on-lord-hamilton-upheld-no.html">here</a></b>.
</span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Voted
to reject the removal of the Section 75 regulations.</span></div>
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partner with global law firm DLA Piper who provide lobbying services to clients
in the health and social care sectors. Lord Clement-Jones nominated Lord Hameed
for his peerage.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Lord Hameed
sits on the board of Alpha hospitals, part of the Alpha Healthcare (C&C
Alpha/C&C business solutions) group. The Alpha group has made significant
donations to the Liberal Democrat party. Voted to reject the removal of Section
75 regulations.</span>
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excess of £50,000 of shares in Lansdowne UK Equity Fund, backers of private
hospital group Circle Holdings. Circle won the first contract to run a NHS
hospital – they are advised by Conservative MP Mark Simmonds. Voted to reject
the removal of Section 75 regulations.</span></div>
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– Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies that “help hospitals, insurers,
pharmaceutical companies and industry associations understand the implications
of changing policy environments”. Head of ACOBA – a so-called independent body
that advises on business appointments. See article on him and them <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/abolish-acoba.html">here</a></b>.
Voted to reject the removal of Section 75 regulations.</span></div>
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TLC group Ltd, who run private care homes. Lord Popat gave David Cameron a
donation, as a gift, of £25,000 a week after the Conservatives’ unveiled their
health ‘reforms’. David Cameron made the businessman a peer shortly after
getting into 10 Downing street. Voted to reject the removal of Section 75
regulations.<br />
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Chadlington Chief Executive of Huntsworth Communications group – have major
pharmaceutical companies as clients. Company gave £15,000 to Conservatives in
August 2011, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">has
given money every year since 2008. Labour’s Lord Puttnam is a director. Liberal
Democrat’s Lord Alliance has shares. Neither member voted. For more on Lord
Chadlington and Lord Alliance – see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/meet-lord-chadlington-hes-about-to-vote.html">here</a></b>
and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/liberal-democrat-peer-has-shares-in.html">here</a></b>.</span></div>
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to Pathology company, Synlab Ltd. He is a former adviser to Apax Partners, one
of the leading global investors in the healthcare sector. Chose to vote against
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McDonagh: Non Executive Director of Standard Life plc, which offers private
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Odgers Berndtson – recruitment company providing people for NHS Management
positions. Shares in Broomco<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Ltd, a
holding company of International Resources Group Ltd, which owns Odgers
Berndston. Richard Boggis-Rolfe, the chairman of Odgers Berndtson, has given £207,500
in <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9wqT_0EkhCwcnJXRDNQRmhzb2M/edit"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">donations</b></a> to the Conservative party
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In early 2012 the Lords voted in favour of the Health and Social Care
bill, the final step in turning it into an Act. As the Lords sat in the house
to debate and vote on the bill, research conducted by Social Investigations <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html"><span style="color: blue;">revealed</span></a></b> the Lords were riddled with private
healthcare interests across all parties. Despite these recent or present
financial links to private companies involved in healthcare, they were allowed
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Now, for the
second time of asking the Lords are about to pass or reject a key piece of
legislation that will affect the NHS to such an extent its very existence is in
the balance. Will they or will they not choose to vote for or against section 75
Regulations of the Health and Social Care Act. If it is the former, then if passed will sound the
death knell to the NHS.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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the NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013
to give it it’s full title, will potentially force the new Clinical
Commissioning Groups to tender out all hospital and community carework for GP
patients through competitive markets run according to EU competition law. It
would open up all areas of NHS provision that interest the private sector to
competition. The NHS as we know it will end, providers will be pitted against
one another, with traditional local hospitals against multinational
corporations. The legal teams of both sides will be among the winners and
deciders of what happens to our services. But it is for global services firms
such as DLA Piper, where Nick Clegg’s wife was formerly a partner in charge of
competition law work, that the prizes are in store.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">One global legal
partnership heavily involved in European competition law is DLA Piper, who
provide lobbying, public affairs and trade policy services as well as advice on
how to get access to public service delivery contracts. One partner of the firm
who is part of the Liberal Democrat party preparing to make their choice on the
vote on the regulation is Lord Tim Clement-Jones.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The Liberal
Democratic Health team is led by Baroness Judith Jolly and the third member is Baroness
Shirley Williams, neither possesses the legal expertise needed to understand
the implications of the regulations by reading them themselves. However, lawyer
Lord Clement-Jones who makes up the other member, will be an influential figure
in the decision the Liberal Democrats make on the regulations. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This is of deep
concern if you are keen to maintain a cohesive and comprehensive NHS. The
Liberal Democratic Peer is a patron of the health think tank 2020Health, who
have four peers as patrons, all with financial interests in private healthcare.
2020health Chief Executive Julia Manning has openly called for an increase in
private healthcare, and when challenged by Social Investigations on whether
their membership contains health insurance companies, they refused to answer.
However, f<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">ormer 2020Health Chairman, Tom Sackville
– a former Conservative minister – is the current CEO of the International
Federation of Health Plans, which represents one hundred private health
insurance companies in 31 countries.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Lord Clement-Jones involvement, is
the tip of a parliamentary private healthcare iceberg. </span><span lang="EN-US">The Members financial interests represent every stage of the
healthcare value chain from private equity firms that fund private healthcare
companies, to holding shares in those same companies. They are Chairman of
companies who run NHS estate, who are involved in PFI deals, partners in legal
firms that seal those deals, advisors to private hospitals, they represent
companies in pharmaceutical media, medical equipment, care homes, lobbying, and
health insurance. You name it, the corporations have it covered and the list of
vested interests in both the House of Commons and the Lords is so great, is
effectively a healthcare coup d’état of our parliamentary institutions.</span></div>
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We are in the
hands of a group of 145 Lords and Baronesses who have recent or present
financial interests private healthcare. Are there enough Peers with a
conscience to prevent this regulation being passed? In an ideal world they
wouldn’t have the vote at all, for their vote is akin to handing a key to a
burglar who knows what lies within. In the meantime Baroness Jolly and Shirley
Williams may well ask if Lord Clement-Jones is truly on the side of the NHS or
whether he is part of the gang who will all be taking their slice from the NHS
pie.</span></div>
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This article was cross-posted on <a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/andrew-robertson/healthcare-coup-lords-didnt-save-us-first-time" target="_blank"><b>OpenDemocracy</b></a></div>
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The message proffered by David Cameron when he spoke at the World Economic
Forum in Davos was tax avoidance would become a priority of the UK’s
presidency for this year. In reality, the government acts in the opposite
manner, rewards those companies who channel money to tax havens with further
contracts paid for by the taxpayer.<br />
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The calls for the government to bring about an end to tax havens has continued
to grow ever louder as the general public observe the stripping of the welfare
state, whilst billions of pounds exits the county into offshore accounts. Many
of these companies are in receipt of taxpayer’s money, which are handed
contracts by cash-strapped councils who continue to work with the organisations
despite their dubious tax practices. <br />
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Take Telereal Trillium, responsible for a £3.2bn 20-year deal to manage and
provide property services for the DWP offices. Through a complex network of
accounts, the group of companies have channeled over half a billion pound
through a <b><a href="http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/outsourcing-companys-half-billion.html" target="_blank">complex</a></b> series of accounts via a company based in the British Virgin Islands. Now aside from the fact that one
of the directors linked to the Bermuda trust
part-funded David Cameron’s leadership campaign in 2005 with two £10,000
payments, they are an approved bidder for MOD contracts worth up to £4.35
Billion.<br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Care UK,
which operates across large areas of the NHS is <b><a href="http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=4251" target="_blank">according</a></b>
to non-profit research <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=4251">project</a></b> Corporate Watch,
reducing its tax liability by routing £8m a year in interest payments on loan
notes issued in the Channel Islands. Care UK, who through
their former chairman John (now Lord) Nash funded Andrew Lansley’s office when
he was shadow health secretary to the tune of £21,000. Care UK, who through
Harmoni are the largest provider of Out of Hours service have come in for <b><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/dec/17/harmoni-gp-service-patients-risk" target="_blank">consistent</a></b> criticism, yet none of this halts their
expansion fueled by the general public. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Circle Health who have Conservative
MP Mark Simmonds as an adviser, is owned by companies and investment funds
registered in the British Virgin Islands, Jersey and the Cayman
Islands. The reward for this was for them to become the first
company to run a NHS hospital. </span><br />
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Ramsay Health Care, Australia's
biggest private hospital chain, bought Capio UK in 2007, acquiring hospitals and
nine Independent Sector Treatment Centres for NHS patients. Ramsay according to
Corporate Watch <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=4251">now</a></b> has ‘22 hospitals
across the UK
and almost 60% of its work is from the NHS.’ Ramsay has the largest amount of
healthcare provision contracts in the NHS, and used a subsidiary in the Cayman Islands to finance the purchase of a French health
company for its Australian parent company. This is important for they ‘<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">borrowed £57m from RHC Finance Ltd, a
subsidiary of its Australian parent registered in the Caymans, to finance the
acquisition of a 57% share of the Proclif Group, re-branded as Ramsay Sante, a
leading French private healthcare company. This led to £1m leaving the UK for the Cayman Islands
in interest payments.’ </span>According to a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/oct/12/department-for-health-supplier-profiles">Guardian</a></b>
report Ramsay Health Care is the third biggest supplier to the NHS receiving
£30 million in revenue in 2010/2011.<br />
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In written <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmtreasy/1146/1146vw43.htm">evidence</a></b>
given to the treasury in 2011 on Private Finance Initiative, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Dexter Whitfield, the Director of European
Services Strategy Unit </span>revealed an increasing number of PFI projects
registered in tax havens. Equity in 91 PFI projects is owned by secondary
market infrastructure funds located in tax havens. These include HSBC Infrastructure
in Guernsey, John Laing also in Guernsey and Venture Capital company 3i, who are
in Jersey. <br />
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Research <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.taxjustice.net/cms/front_content.php?idcat=148">conducted</a></b>
for Tax Justice Network by James Henry, a former chief economist at the
consultancy McKinsey, estimated that at least £13 trillion is hidden in
offshore accounts by the year 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The government
is of course aware of the behaviour of these companies; after all they created
the system that allows it to take place. As the Tax Justice Network put it:
‘Tax havens and offshore financial centres have created an interface between
the illicit and licit economies, corrupting national tax regimes and onshore
regulation.’ <br />
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The government’s response to tax havens has been pathetic and as far as the
HMRC goes, they have weakened the organisation in terms of staffing. In
addition, the Conservative special adviser and former corporate tax lawyer
Edward Troup has been placed in charge of tax at HMRC. He is supported by Ian
Barlow who was the former senior partner at KPMG who were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2012/07/03/you-couldnt-make-it-up-new-chair-of-hmrc-is-former-kpmg-senior-partner/">fined</a></b>
$455 million a few years back for tax abuses<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130107/debtext/130107-0003.htm">.
Furthermore</a></b> the HMRC ethics committee is chaired by Phil Hodkinson, who
is a director of the Resolution insurance company based in a tax haven.<br />
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The ultimate aim ought to be the end of tax havens, a unified tax that prevents
competition and halts the harmful race to the bottom. In the meantime while
this battle continues, there is one action the government can take to force
companies to change their tax habits and perhaps for a campaign to be started? <br />
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Any company who has a tax haven in any part of their organisation will not be
allowed to participate in any bid for a contract funded by the taxpayer. The
government themselves won’t do this without pressure because they are funded by
the City, who are the worst offenders of them all. However, now that they have
decided to make this the main topic of the G8 presidency, then now is an ideal
time to get them to justify why they pay taxpayers money in their droves to companies
who avoid tax, whilst the welfare state burns.<br />
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