Frank Hester, the founder and CEO of healthcare software provider TPP, has handed the Conservative Party one of its biggest single donations in decades, Sky News learns.
A healthcare entrepreneur who ranks among Britain's richest people and whose company has had close ties to the government has handed a £5m donation to the Conservative Party – one of the biggest in its recent history.
The sum is likely to be disclosed in the latest quarterly data on political donations, which is expected to be published by the Electoral Commission later this week.It says it provides"vital clinical IT services in... more than 2,600 GP practices". Mr Hester, who was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to healthcare, has accompanied ministers on several overseas trade missions.
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