Striking junior doctor who claims he is ‘constantly worrying’ about bills owns a £500,000 flat with no mortgage and is a director at his family’s investment firm
- Dr Robert Laurenson is listed as a director at Westholme Investments Limited
- The business holds over £2m of investments and previously ran a golf course
Dr Robert Laurenson claims he is ‘constantly worrying’ about how to pay his bills but is a director of his family’s investment firm and owns a £500,000 flat with no mortgage.
The junior doctors’ leader sparked controversy by swanning off to a friend’s wedding during the first junior doctors’ strike – while urging union members to sacrifice pay and take to the picket lines.
The GP trainee works at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, having taken a year out after his degree to work as a freelance doctor for ‘money and wellbeing’, according to his LinkedIn page.
Dr Laurenson is listed alongside his parents and brothers as a director at Westholme Investments Limited.
The business holds over £2million of investments and previously ran a Surrey golf course described as ‘one of the finest’ in the county.
Dr Laurenson was made a director in 2013, a year after he began his medical degree at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
It is understood he has no day-to-day duties with the firm and does not draw a salary or dividends and is not a shareholder.
He attended Sevenoaks School in Kent, one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the country which charges fees of up to £46,566 per year for sixth-formers.
