Tory donor Frank Hester raised complaint about NHS contract with health secretary
by Matthew Weaver, Rowena Mason and Henry Dyer from World news | The Guardian on (#6KNYM)
Exclusive: Man who has now given party at least 10m copied Steve Barclay into email about problems with bid, documents show
The Conservative mega-donor Frank Hester complained to the NHS and the health secretary last year over problems his IT business had bidding for a contract, documents show.
The Leeds businessman, who owns a healthcare tech firm responsible for 60m UK medical records, raised a complaint about procurement in December 2022 with the chair of NHS England, copying in Steve Barclay, the then health secretary, saying he was an interested party".
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