Spire Healthcare

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Spire Healthcare
Industry Healthcare
Founded 2007
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Website www.spirehealthcare.com

Spire Healthcare is a large provider of private healthcare. It operates a network of 38 private hospitals and ten clinics across the UK,[1] as well as the Perform at St. George’s Park facility in Burton-Upon-Trent[2] and London Fertility Centre.[3]

Spire was the first private hospital provider to publish outcomes data on its website and is part of the Private Hospitals Alliance,[4] which is dedicated to better healthcare for Britons through private hospitals playing their part complementing the NHS.

History

Spire Healthcare was formed from the sale of Bupa Hospitals to Cinven in 2007, followed by the purchase of Classic Hospitals and Thames Valley Hospital in 2008.[5]

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.[6]

Since 2007 Spire has invested £400m in the company. This has been spent on a range of investments including new scanners, upgrading and building new theatres, building two new hospitals, satellite clinics, and expanding the range of services Spire provides.

Perform at St. George's Park

Spire launched its Perform at St. George’s Park facility in September 2012.[7] Perform at St. George’s Park is a sports medicine and human performance facility based at The Football Association’s training home in Burton-upon-Trent.[2]

The Perform facility is open to everyone from elite athletes to members of the public. The centre provides sports and exercise medicine, rehabilitation, performance science, strength and conditioning. Facilities include: Alter G (Anti-Gravity Treadmill), altitude centre, underwater treadmill and dedicated hydrotherapy suite, biomechanics assessments, applied GPS and heart-rate monitors and a strength and conditioning gym.

There are also five other Perform centres across the UK.[8] The sites combine cutting-edge technologies with elite physiotherapy and sports and exercise medicine expertise to help improve people’s performance in sport, life and work.

Company finances

In 2011 Spire had revenue of £674m and it posted an operating profit of £134m. After paying interest on loans to Cinven and subsidiaries of Cinven, Spire made a loss of £23m.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.spirehealthcare.com/about-spire-healthcare/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.spireperform.com/
  3. ↑ http://www.spirehealthcare.com/London-Fertility-Centre/
  4. ↑ http://www.phalliance.org.uk/
  5. ↑ Spire Healthcare, Experts in Private Healthcare
  6. ↑ http://www.spirehealthcare.com/about-spire-healthcare/Spires-Awards/
  7. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2209412/Behind-scenes-St-Georges-Park.html
  8. ↑ http://www.spirehealthcare.com/Perform/Perform-locations/
  9. ↑ http://spirehealthcare.com/ImageFiles/--%20CORPORATE/Annual%20reports/Spire%20Annual%20Report%202011.pdf

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