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NHS privitisation and MPs vested interests

From Social Investigations blogspot

List of MPs with a vested interest in the privatisation of the NHS:

Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone: Conservative – The former Health Secretary is a Director of BUPA, the health insurance, private hospital and care group.

Lord Naseby: Conservative – Chairman of and a share-holder in Invesco Perpetual Recovery Trust. One fifth of their investments are in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

Lord Wakeham: Conservative – Advisor to L.E.K. Consulting, which specialises in helping private healthcare companies identify “growth and new business development” and “opportunities with the government”.

Lord Hunt of Wirral: 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.

Lord Lang of Monkton: Conservative – Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies that “help hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and industry associations understand the implications of changing policy environments”.

Lord Darzi: 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.

The list is extensive and continues, for full details visit socialinvestigations.blogspot.com


RBS bonuses 2012

Stephen Hester, Chief Exec Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) – basic salary of £1.2m, has been awarded a bonus worth £1 million.

UPDATE:Turns down bonus after sustained public pressure..

Philip Hampton – basic salary of £750,000 in 2010, RBS Chairman turns down his £1.4m bonus.


Changes to the Welfare Reform Bill

Disability Living Allowance could be replaced with the Personal Independence Payments. Which will include medical tests and regular assessments for working people aged 16 to 24.

The Disability Allowance currently stands at

Care component Weekly rate:

  • Highest rate £73.60
  • Middle rate £49.30
  • Lowest rate £19.55

Mobility component Weekly rate:

  • Higher rate £51.40
  • Lower rate £19.55