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Former Amazon boss must not get NHS job, say campaigners
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A FORMER Amazon boss must not be put in charge of NHS England, unions and campaigners warned today.

Handing the chief executive post to Douglas Gurr, who has reportedly been already interviewed for the job, would be akin to “putting a fox in charge of the hen house,” the Unite union said.

Sharon Graham, the Unite officer leading a campaign for union rights at the online giant, said: “This is an alarming signal from this Tory government.

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