Comment by someone on Independent article about Rufus Hound joining NHS party to become MEP: independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/its-time-to-get-serious-about-nhs-says-comedian-rufus-hound-9086435.html 225 parliamentarians have recent or present financial private healthcare connections 145 Lords have recent or present financial connections to companies or individuals involved in healthcare 124 Peers benefit from the financial services sector 1 in 4 Conservative Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies or individuals involved in healthcare 1 in 6 Labour Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies or individuals involved in healthcare 1 in 6 Crossbench Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies or individuals involved in healthcare 1 in 10 Liberal Democrat Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies or individuals involved in healthcare 75 MPs have recent or present financial links to companies or individuals involved in private healthcare 81% of these are Conservative 4 Key members of the Associate Parliamentary Health Group have parliamentarians with financial connections to companies or individuals involved in healthcare 4 Patrons of the pro-reform think tank 2020health have Peers with private healthcare links Nearly 40% of the most powerful individuals in healthcare are from companies with links to Lords and MPs. 4 MPs and 1 Lord have worked for Huntsworth Health, run by a Peer who gave money to Cameron’s leadership campaign 25 of the Finalists in the HealthInvestors Awards 2012 have parliamentarians connected to them 2 companies, DACBeachcroft, Cumberlege Connections, which have Lords as a partner and as an owner respectively, moved themselves into a position to make money from the reforms as the Lords voted on the bill, and before the bill became Act 5 organisations linked to Baroness Cumberlege: Her company, Cumberlege Connections, Associate Parliamentary Health Group, 2020health, Huntsworth plc, MJM, healthcare solutions 19 Lords and MPs have financial links to Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline 9 Lords and MPs have received payment from a company run by Baroness Cumberlege, called Cumberlege Connections, which is a healthcare training and political networking company 1 – the amount of times the BBC challenged Andrew Lansley in the last three years on his donation received to fund his private office when shadow health minister from John Nash the chairman of Care UK. Mr Nash was made a Lord. All were able to vote on the Health and Social Care bill (now Act), despite having a prejudicial interest, which would not have been allowed at local council level Social Investigations
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