Matt Hancock failed to declare sister worked for company that won NHS contracts Lucy Fisher Replay Video (Video by Press Association) The Health Secretary Matt Hancock did not declare his connection to a company owned by close family members, despite it being awarded a place on a framework to provide services to the NHS in England. Topwood Ltd secured a deal to provide waste disposal services to the NHS in 2019, when it was owned by his sister Emily Gilruth and mother Shirley Carter, the Health Service Journal reported. Mr Hancock, who had become Health Secretary the year before, did not declare his close family links to the company in any of his ministerial declarations.