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Private health giant nets £40m gross profit and pays director £621,000

Healthcare business that was once owned by Richard Branson cashes in from NHS contracts

By Martin Williams
Private health giant nets £40m gross profit and pays director £621,000
Private outsourcing has been criticised as threatening the "sustainability of the NHS". | Mark Thomas / Alamy Stock Photo
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The private health giant once owned by Richard Branson raked in up to £235m of taxpayers’ money last year, openDemocracy can reveal.

Virgin Care – which has rebranded as HCRG Care Group – earnt huge sums of money from the NHS and local councils in 2021/22 thanks to more than 35 contracts with public bodies.

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