* Wes Streeting is to hand Alan Milburn a lead role in the running of his health ministry.
* Milburn, who was a radical reformer of the NHS in his time in that post under Tony Blair, is to be appointed as the lead non-executive director of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
* That will give Milburn an official position after months when he has caused disquiet at the DHSC and NHS England by attending meetings of both organisations despite having no formal role, such as that of a minister or special adviser.
* Milburn’s strong belief in using private healthcare to tackle the NHS treatment backlog and the fact that he is a consultant to various companies could trigger claims that his role at the DHSC puts him at risk of being exposed to conflicts of interest between his public and private sector activities.
* Milburn is an adviser to Bridgepoint Capital owner of Care UK– a large operator of care homes– and PwC’s health practice. He has worked for Centene Corporation, a US healthcare company and Huma, a digital healthcare company
Privatisation continues apace under what really does look, more and more, like the red Tories.
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>Milburn, 66, has significant private health sector interests via his consultancy firm AM Strategy Ltd, which paid him a personal dividend of £1.27 million last year, and a total of £8.36 million since 2016.
>He remains an adviser to PricewaterhouseCooper on health and is also an adviser to Bridgepoint Capital, which owns Care UK, one of the country’s largest providers of residential care for older people.
>Milburn’s tenure at the Department of Health during the last Labour government was dominated by efforts to introduce more competition into the health service and expand patient choice.
“more competition” is just code for private interests profiting from sick people – which we know increases cost and mortality rates.
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* Wes Streeting is to hand Alan Milburn a lead role in the running of his health ministry.
* Milburn, who was a radical reformer of the NHS in his time in that post under Tony Blair, is to be appointed as the lead non-executive director of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
* That will give Milburn an official position after months when he has caused disquiet at the DHSC and NHS England by attending meetings of both organisations despite having no formal role, such as that of a minister or special adviser.
* Milburn’s strong belief in using private healthcare to tackle the NHS treatment backlog and the fact that he is a consultant to various companies could trigger claims that his role at the DHSC puts him at risk of being exposed to conflicts of interest between his public and private sector activities.
* Milburn is an adviser to Bridgepoint Capital owner of Care UK– a large operator of care homes– and PwC’s health practice. He has worked for Centene Corporation, a US healthcare company and Huma, a digital healthcare company
This move comes following the announcement of a £300m contract with American pharmaceuticals company Eli Lilly to trial their “worklessness” drugs on benefits claimants, and [private equity firm HCRG Care Group taking over £1.3bn of NHS services.](https://www.hsj.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset-swindon-and-wiltshire-ics/private-provider-takes-over-nhs-services-worth-13bn/7037994.article)
Privatisation continues apace under what really does look, more and more, like the red Tories.
>Milburn, 66, has significant private health sector interests via his consultancy firm AM Strategy Ltd, which paid him a personal dividend of £1.27 million last year, and a total of £8.36 million since 2016.
>He remains an adviser to PricewaterhouseCooper on health and is also an adviser to Bridgepoint Capital, which owns Care UK, one of the country’s largest providers of residential care for older people.
>Milburn’s tenure at the Department of Health during the last Labour government was dominated by efforts to introduce more competition into the health service and expand patient choice.
“more competition” is just code for private interests profiting from sick people – which we know increases cost and mortality rates.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-06-30-health-outsourcing-linked-higher-mortality-rate-oxford-study
Austerity, privatisation, and deregulation. Exactly why the Labour Party were formed…