Sajid Javid Signs Off £1 Billion Private Health Windfall as MPs Sound Alarm | Byline Times
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has authorised a £1 billion windfall payment to 150 private hospitals without them having to provide a single operation to the NHS.
Details of the windfall were released on Wednesday while the Prime Minister was apologising to Parliament and facing resignation calls after admitting that he had attended Downing Street parties during lockdown.
The disclosure of the windfall caused a furore among senior Labour and Conservative MPs on the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, who were told about the payment just as the committee was meeting to discuss the pandemic.
