Benevolence of Richard Branson and Virgin Group
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Nicholas Fox of Virgin Group responds to an article by Marina Hyde. Plus a letter by Dr Richard O’Brien
Marina Hyde’s article (Richard Branson’s bailout plea proves there’s no one more shameless, 21 April) is a one-sided account of Richard Branson and the Virgin Group. It is misleading to link to the 2018 Guardian article “NHS trusts win legal fight over Virgin Care child health contract”, as Virgin Care had no part in, and had no choice over, the action the NHS trusts took, other than placing a bid for a contract offered by a public authority under procurement legislation.
Virgin Group has invested more than £75m to date into the NHS and neither Richard nor Virgin have ever taken a penny of profit out of the NHS, nor do they ever intend to do so. If Virgin Care ever does make a profit, we have committed to reinvest 100% of that back into the NHS. Continue reading...