According to the Financial Times, Richard Branson bought a 75% stake in Assura Medical days before the 2010 General Election (here). He paid nothing for that stake, and instead handed over a £4m loan note for the controlling stake in the company. Since that time, the Tories have been busy setting up Clinical Commissioning Groups throughout the UK. These CCGs play a role in the carve up of publicly owned NHS services and the handing of them to private companies....read more
