Creepy as fuck
Richard Branson mad cuz he won't get to "provide children's medical services in Surrey".
Richard Branson’s healthcare firm has pocketed £2million of public money by suing the NHS.
Virgin Care took High Court action after losing out on an £82million contract to provide children’s medical services in Surrey.
The work was handed to a rival group of in-house NHS providers and a social enterprise firm last year. Virgin Care claimed there were ‘serious flaws in the procurement process’ and secured an out-of-court settlement in November.
Newly-released accounts show that six clinical commissioning groups and NHS England paid Virgin Care £1.565million. Surrey County Council handed over another £440,000 and at least £243,000 more was diverted from frontline NHS services to cover legal fees.
Virgin Care won £1billion of NHS contracts in 2016/17 as £3.1billion of health services were privatised.
Sir Richard’s company has more than 400 NHS contracts, including GP practices and sexual health clinics. Jon Ashworth, Labour Party health spokesman, said: ‘Constant tendering, procuring and contracting out of services wastes taxpayers’ cash. By taking this legal action, the NHS is forced to pay out again instead of putting that money into patient care.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5862783/Richard-Bransons-Virgin-private-health-firm-wins-2m-suing-NHS-flaws.html