Private health firms have donated more than £800,000 to the Conservative Party over the past ten years, from more than 35 private health and social care businesses. The true figure could be even higher because donors do not have to declare their field of work, meaning some may have flown under the radar.
The Conservative Friends of the NHS is a group of Tory-voting doctors and health professionals who claim to support the NHS. The group’s president is health minister Maria Caufield and it has
hosted stalls at the Conservative Party’s annual conference.
Another Conservative Party donor is Genix Healthcare Ltd, which is part of a group of private dental clinics that makes the “majority” of its £6.6m income from NHS contracts. Genix Healthcare has bankrolled the Tories with donations worth more than £158,000 since 2015, including cash and sponsorships. This includes a £20,000 donation to Jeremy Hunt in 2019, the year after he resigned as health secretary.
The Conservatives also accepted £28,000 worth of donations from Advinia Health Care Limited, which operates a network of 36 care homes across the UK.
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