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'''Nick Seddon''' served as a special adviser to the former UK prime minister [[David Cameron]], from May 2013 to July 2016, for which he earned an annual salary of £88,000. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486829/List_of_Special_Advisers_in_post_at_17_December_2015.pdf List special advisers in post at 17 December 2015], ''GOV.uk'', accessed 6 February 2017. </ref> His brief covered health, social care and life sciences.
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'''Nick Seddon''' served as a special adviser to the former UK prime minister [[David Cameron]], from May 2013 to July 2016, for which he earned an annual salary of £88,000. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486829/List_of_Special_Advisers_in_post_at_17_December_2015.pdf List special advisers in post at 17 December 2015], ''GOV.uk'', accessed 6 February 2017. </ref> His brief covered health, social care and life sciences. He developed a trusted relationship with [[Simon Stevens]], head of NHS England, with whom he worked closely in devising his blueprint for the future of the NHS published in 2014. <ref> Sarah Neville and Kate Allen, [https://www.ft.com/content/cba6cf5c-d800-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e Head of NHS England picks a fight with government over spending], ''Financial Times'', 11 January 2017, accessed 6 February 2017. </ref>
  
 
In February 2017, Seddon became the executive vice president of the US firm [[Optum]], which has been involved in several NHS privatisation initiatives. <ref> Katie Forster, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/former-tory-government-health-adviser-nick-seddon-us-firm-optum-nhs-privatisation-david-cameron-a7561696.html Former Tory government health adviser joins US firm involved in NHS privatisation], ''The Independent'', 3 February 2017, accessed 6 February 2017. </ref>
 
In February 2017, Seddon became the executive vice president of the US firm [[Optum]], which has been involved in several NHS privatisation initiatives. <ref> Katie Forster, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/former-tory-government-health-adviser-nick-seddon-us-firm-optum-nhs-privatisation-david-cameron-a7561696.html Former Tory government health adviser joins US firm involved in NHS privatisation], ''The Independent'', 3 February 2017, accessed 6 February 2017. </ref>

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Nick Seddon

Nick Seddon served as a special adviser to the former UK prime minister David Cameron, from May 2013 to July 2016, for which he earned an annual salary of £88,000. [1] His brief covered health, social care and life sciences. He developed a trusted relationship with Simon Stevens, head of NHS England, with whom he worked closely in devising his blueprint for the future of the NHS published in 2014. [2]

In February 2017, Seddon became the executive vice president of the US firm Optum, which has been involved in several NHS privatisation initiatives. [3]

Lobbying for private healthcare

Before joining the Number 10 policy unit, Seddon was deputy director of Reform - a right-leaning free market think tank which receives funding from healthcare and insurance companies.

Before this, Seddon was head of communications for Circle, the first private healthcare company to run an NHS hospital, Hinchingbrooke.

Before joining No 10 under Labour, he also led the ‘cross-government delivery unit for the Health, Work and Wellbeing Strategy’, supporting Dame Carol Black’s review of the health of Britain’s workforce. [4]

Seddon's salary for his health adviser position is £78,000 annually. [5]

NHS privatisation

Affiliations

Resources

Notes

  1. List special advisers in post at 17 December 2015, GOV.uk, accessed 6 February 2017.
  2. Sarah Neville and Kate Allen, Head of NHS England picks a fight with government over spending, Financial Times, 11 January 2017, accessed 6 February 2017.
  3. Katie Forster, Former Tory government health adviser joins US firm involved in NHS privatisation, The Independent, 3 February 2017, accessed 6 February 2017.
  4. Guide to No.10 The House Parliament's Magazine, 03.2014, accessed 8 October 2014
  5. Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014 GOV.UK, accessed 28 April 2015

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