Chair of health committee was said to have tried to persuade the NHS to hire anaesthetists through firm he worked for
A senior Conservative MP has been urged to stand down as chair of parliament’s health select committee after a leak of text messages exchanged with Matt Hancock sparked questions about whether he broke lobbying rules.
According to the leaked messages from 2021, Steve Brine, a former health minister, said had been “trying for months” during the Covid pandemic to liaise with the NHS to hire anaesthetists through a recruitment company he worked for.
