Spire Healthcare

Spire Healthcare plc is the second largest provider of private healthcare in the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Spire Healthcare
TypePublic company
LSE: SPI
IndustryHealthcare
Founded2007
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Key people
Garry Watts, Chairman
Justin Ash, CEO
Revenue£931.7 million (2017)[1]
£92.1 million (2017)[1]
£16.8 million (2017)[1]
Websitewww.spirehealthcare.com

History

Spire Healthcare was formed from the sale of Bupa Hospitals to Cinven in 2007,[2] followed by the purchase of Classic Hospitals and Thames Valley Hospital in 2008.[3] It was the subject of an initial public offering in July 2014.[4]

Facilities

Spire Healthcare operates a network of 38 private hospitals and ten clinics across the UK,[3] as well as the London Fertility Centre.[5]

Ian Paterson
"Ian Paterson" redirects here. For similarly named people, see Ian Patterson (disambiguation).
Spire Murrayfield Hospital, Wirral

Ian Paterson, a breast surgeon who worked at Bupa hospitals in Solihull and Sutton Coldfield, latterly run by Spire Healthcare,[6] was convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and three counts of unlawful wounding in respect of 10 patients.[7] 350 patients who had been treated privately at Spire clinics are pursuing civil action against him and against the company. According to Thompsons Solicitors, Spire had allowed him to operate well after 2012, when he had been suspended by the General Medical Council.[8] Spire's statement was "What Mr Paterson did in our hospitals, in other private hospitals, and in the NHS absolutely should not have happened, and today justice has been done."[9] He has been jailed for 20 years and £37 million allocated for compensation.[10]

Spire initiated litigation in August 2017 against Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust claiming the trust’s failure to warn it of concerns about Paterson’s conduct was negligent and that the company relied on the NHS, as the primary employer, to tell it whether doctors were competent or whether there were patient safety concerns.[11]

Spire and the NHS
Spire Liverpool Hospital

The company alleged in 2013 that a block contract agreed between Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Clinical Commissioning Groups in Blackpool, and Fylde and Wyre offered a “clear incentive” for GPs to refer patients to the foundation trust and that this was anti-competitive behaviour. The contract provided the trust with a guaranteed income regardless of the number of patients that chose to use its services. Monitor conducted an investigation and decided that there was no evidence to support the claim though they did conclude that Blackpool CCG’s plans did not “go far enough” to ensure patients would be offered choice, or that the right to choice would be “publicised and promoted”.[12]

Its NHS business grew from £262 million in 2015 to £293 million in 2016. 20% is directly commissioned by NHS trusts and 80% comes from patients using the NHS e-Referral Service. Income from medical insurers reduced 1.3% to £429 million. Direct payments by patients increased 9% to £170 million.[13] In 2017 turnover increased 0.6% to £932 million, but NHS-funded income fell 1.9% to £287.8 million.[14] The company's pre-tax profit in 2018 fell by 64% because of lower NHS income and higher costs.[15]

Awards

In 2008 Spire Healthcare won the Independent Healthcare Award for Best Healthcare Outcomes and followed this in 2009 with the Nursing Practice award for their approach to infection prevention and control. In 2010, Spire won the Nursing Practice award for the second year in succession, together with the award for Excellence in Risk Management. Spire won the Innovation Award in 2011, before going on to win the Medical Practice award in 2012.[16]

References
  1. "Preliminary Results 2017". Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "Private healthcare providers: BMI Healthcare, Cinven/Spire Healthcare and Circle Health". The Guardian. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. "About Spire Healthcare". Spire Healthcare. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. "Spire Healthcare to price UK float at 210 pence a share". 17 July 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. "London Fertility Centre". Spire Healthcare. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. "Evil surgeon Ian Paterson built property fortune by 'playing God' with patients". Birmingham Mail. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  7. Chustecka, Z. Breast Surgeon Found Guilty of 'Wounding With Intent'. Medscape. April 28, 2017
  8. "Hundreds seeking compensation over ops by convicted breast surgeon". Belfast Telegraph. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  9. "Breast surgeon Ian Paterson case: 'Hundreds' of other victims". BBC. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. "Ian Paterson: Victims of disgraced surgeon get £37m - BBC News". BBC Online. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  11. "Private hospital firm takes NHS to court over rogue surgeon". Health Service Journal. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  12. "Regulator rejects private hospital's complaint against CCGs". Health Service Journal. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  13. "Private hospital firm reports 13pc rise in NHS revenue". Health Service Journal. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  14. "NHS revenues fall at private hospital firms". Health Service Journal. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  15. "Hospital operator Spire Healthcare's full-year profit falls". Reuters. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  16. "Awards". Spire Healthcare. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

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