Frank Hester ‘should not run NHS contracts’ says union representing GPs

Union for health workers also calls on Tory donor to stand down from contracts, claiming his ‘racist’ comments breach guidelines

Unions representing GPs and health workers have called on Conservative donor Frank Hester to stand down from running NHS contracts, claiming his “racist and misogynistic comments” breach its ‘fit and proper person’ test.

Hester’s company TPP runs the electronic patient records of almost half the medical practices in the UK, but his remarks about Diane Abbott have prompted calls for him to step aside amid a growing political row.