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==Conservative Party Conference 2014==
 
==Conservative Party Conference 2014==
 
During the Conservative Party Conference 2014, the [[Social Market Foundation]] held a late night meeting on the future of the NHS. The event was sponsored by private health company Bupa, Tory minister [[George Freeman]] was scheduled to speak at the invitation only event<ref> Solomon Hughes [http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/nhs-conservative-conference-2014-bupa-smf-lobbying-710 Private health lobbyists are funding a meeting with a Tory minister] ''Vice'', 27 Sep 2014, accessed 2 October 2014 </ref>. Another speaker at the event was SMF director [[Nigel Keohane]], who has long argued the idea of charges to see a GP and bemoaned the slow pace of NHS privatisation.<ref> Joana Ramiro [http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-2f33-NHS-activists-seize-Tories-Millbank-HQ#.VC17vyldUZc NHS activists seize Tories' Millbank HQ] ''The People's Daily Morning Star'', 30 September 2014, accessed 2 October 2014 </ref>
 
During the Conservative Party Conference 2014, the [[Social Market Foundation]] held a late night meeting on the future of the NHS. The event was sponsored by private health company Bupa, Tory minister [[George Freeman]] was scheduled to speak at the invitation only event<ref> Solomon Hughes [http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/nhs-conservative-conference-2014-bupa-smf-lobbying-710 Private health lobbyists are funding a meeting with a Tory minister] ''Vice'', 27 Sep 2014, accessed 2 October 2014 </ref>. Another speaker at the event was SMF director [[Nigel Keohane]], who has long argued the idea of charges to see a GP and bemoaned the slow pace of NHS privatisation.<ref> Joana Ramiro [http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-2f33-NHS-activists-seize-Tories-Millbank-HQ#.VC17vyldUZc NHS activists seize Tories' Millbank HQ] ''The People's Daily Morning Star'', 30 September 2014, accessed 2 October 2014 </ref>
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==Affilliations==
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*[[The Corporate Capture of the NHS]]
  
 
==Contacts==
 
==Contacts==

Revision as of 14:12, 10 April 2015

Bupa is an international healthcare company specialising in health insurance. It also provides a range of healthcare services, and operates nursing and residential care homes in the UK, Spain, Australia and New Zealand.

Lobbying

Bupa employs lobbying firm Edelman in the UK. [1]

Conservative Party Conference 2014

During the Conservative Party Conference 2014, the Social Market Foundation held a late night meeting on the future of the NHS. The event was sponsored by private health company Bupa, Tory minister George Freeman was scheduled to speak at the invitation only event[2]. Another speaker at the event was SMF director Nigel Keohane, who has long argued the idea of charges to see a GP and bemoaned the slow pace of NHS privatisation.[3]

Affilliations

Contacts

Bupa House
15-19 Bloomsbury Way
London, WC1A 2BA

Url: www.bupa.co.uk | www.bupa.com

Notes

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  2. Solomon Hughes Private health lobbyists are funding a meeting with a Tory minister Vice, 27 Sep 2014, accessed 2 October 2014
  3. Joana Ramiro NHS activists seize Tories' Millbank HQ The People's Daily Morning Star, 30 September 2014, accessed 2 October 2014