#ToryCronyism
August 2019 - 🇺🇸 Centene invested in digital health Babylon Health (GP 'bot')
January 2020 - 🇺🇸 Centene expands in 🇬🇧 with increased stake in Circle Health
February 2021 - 🇺🇸 Centene takes NHS GP practice operator with 500,000 patients!
Now with evidence..2/x
Dominic Cummings involvement with Babylon Health a few years ago.
Hancock visited Babylon and told staff he wanted the NHS to help Babylon expand.
Ali Parsa co-founded also served as CEO of the private healthcare company Circle.
thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-1…
3/x Here's a @BylineTimes article from last year about Ali Parsa and Babylon.
I'm not against innovation and for the NHS employing good technical experts but this is #ToryCronyism
bylinetimes.com/2020/08/04/bab…
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So I've explained Ali Parsa was co-founder of Circle Health and CEO of Babylon.
I'll also make it clear that Blair and Brown and the Libdems whilst in coalition were complicit because Circle predates 2010.
But the Tories put it on steroids.
liberalconspiracy.org/2010/11/30/wor…
5/x
Here's another article on Babylon and Circle.
A main investor is THE SAUDI SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND.
So when Johnson says the NHS will remain 'free at the point of use' that means Government NHS funding going to profits to OTHER COUNTRIES!
cityam.com/us-health-firm…
6/x
Circle Health once ran Hinchingbrooke Hospital - but was so poor - was forced to hand it back to NHS. "the CQC’s worst ever rating for ‘caring’.
I know more about Circle... and their TAX STRUCTURES thanks to a @CorpWatchUK article a few years ago.
opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/hinc…
7/x
This is the article that describe Circle Health and their offshore tax structures.
So we have Tory donors running an NHS service funded by the public purse - offshoring profits to THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. 🌴🌴🌴
➡️corporatewatch.org/an-unhealthy-b…
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As the article explains. #ToryCronyism
Incidentally Landsdowne in this web od companies is also linked to George Osborne and the sell of of ROYAL MAIL.
corporatewatch.org/an-unhealthy-b…
9/x
So with 🇺🇸Centene it's not just about 50 GP Surgeries.
It covers many parts of the NHS, Hospitals, Technology etc.
Centene haven't just been in the UK either. They are moving into other EU countries, notably Spain.
weownit.org.uk/blog/here-are-…
10/x Going back to Circle Health
I must make it clear that although the Tories have donations from most Circle Health investors, Blair's government first courted Circle under PFI
Many will know these names - especially Odey (Brexit 2016) - 'taste of gold in his mouth' 🤬
11/x
April 2021 - 🇺🇸 Centene
Boris Johnson has just appointed Samantha Jones of 🇺🇸 Centene Corporation, U.K. arm (Operose) as his new top health adviser into # 10 Downing Street. 😡
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
12/x
December 2019 thru August 2020 - Circle Health’s acquisition of BMI Healthcare approved by Competition & Markets Authority (CMA).
BMI is one of the largest private healthcare providers in U.K. with upwards of 50 🏥 Hospitals
nhsforsale.info/private-provid…
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