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.
Baroness Bottomley is the Chair of the Board and CEO practice of Odgers Berndtson and also holds shares in their holding company Broomco Ltd.
The
head hunter company works in thirteen industry areas including Healthcare, and
been heavily involved in vetting key personnel into the new NHS
Their website boasts of their ‘unparalleled reach across the NHS, (and) private sector healthcare...(which) enables us to attract inspirational candidates others might never find.’
Their website boasts of their ‘unparalleled reach across the NHS, (and) private sector healthcare...(which) enables us to attract inspirational candidates others might never find.’
A
key part of the Health and Social Care Act was to move commissioning
responsibility for NHS services from Primary Care Trusts to the newly formed
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).