How Virgin became one of the UK's leading healthcare providers

How Virgin became one of the UK's leading healthcare providers Virgin’s rapid expansion into healthcare has seen it winning contracts for services from immunisation to sexual health

In early 2000, the Labour government realised it had a problem with the NHS.

Alan Milburn, the then health secretary, wanted fresh ideas to help make hospitals more patient-friendly – and he asked for them from a rather unusual place: Sir Richard Branson. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Virgin awarded almost £2bn of NHS contracts in the past five years The Guardian