Ramsay Health Care

Ramsay Health Care
Industry Health
Founder Paul Ramsay
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Number of locations
 151
Area served
 Australia, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Malaysia
Services Health care
Number of employees
 30,000 +
Website www.ramsayhealth.com.au

Ramsay Health Care is a provider of private healthcare in the UK, Australia, France, Indonesia and Malaysia founded by Paul Ramsay. It was established in Sydney, Australia in 1964.[1] The company specialises in surgery, rehabilitation and psychiatric care.

Financial success

The company's share price has increased by 53% in the last 12 months, compared to the 11% rise of the S&P/ASX 200 Index and over the last two years market capitalisation has more than doubled, up 123%.[2]

Australia

Ramsay Health Care is the largest private provider of hospitals in Australia with more than 100 health facilities in operation.[3] The company is competing for a tender for the design, construction and management of a new 423-bed hospital on Sydney's Northern Beaches with the country's other large private health provider Healthscope.[4] It owns and operates the Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital which was opened on 4 November 2013.[5]

Malaysia

Paul Ramsay signed a joint venture in March 2013 with Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby to combine Ramsay’s three Indonesian hospitals with Sime’s three in Malaysia, with plans to expand throughout Southeast Asia.[6]

United Kingdom

Its network of 22 private UK hospitals, 9 treatment centres and 3 neurological units, offer a range of treatments from hip replacements to knee replacement surgery and cosmetic surgery to weight loss surgery. It provides a number of Independent sector treatment centres for the English NHS. In 2007, Capio was acquired by Ramsay Health Care.[1]

It runs:

  • Ashtead Hospital Surrey
  • Berkshire Independent Hospital Reading
  • Blakelands Hospital Milton Keynes
  • Bodmin Treatment centre
  • Boston West Hospital
  • Clifton Park Hospital York
  • Cobalt Hospital North Tyneside
  • Duchy Hospital Truro
  • Euxton Hall Hospital Chorley
  • Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough
  • Fulwood Hospital Preston
  • Horton Treatment Centre Banbury
  • Mount Stuart Hospital Torquay
  • New Hall Hospital Salisbury
  • North Downs Hospital Caterham
  • Nottingham Hospital
  • Oaklands Hospital Salford
  • Oaks Hospital Colchester
  • Orwell PPU Basildon
  • Park Hill Hospital Doncaster
  • Pinehill Hospital Hitchin
  • Renacres Hospital Ormskirk
  • Rivers Hospital & Neuro Services Sawbridgeworth
  • Rowley Hospital Stafford
  • Springfield Hospital Chelmsford
  • Tees Valley Treatment Centre
  • West Midlands Hospital Halesowen
  • The Westbourne Centre Edgebaston
  • Winfield Hospital & The Dean Neuro Centre Gloucester
  • Woodland Hospital Kettering

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philips, Deborah; Garry Whannel (2013). The Trojan Horse: The Growth of Commercial Sponsorship. A&C Black. pp. 247–248. ISBN 1472508386. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Can Ramsay Health Care Limited smash the market in 2014?". Yahoo Finance Australia. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Buckis, Claire (2005). Nursing: NSW/ACT. Career FAQs. p. 24. ISBN 1921106093. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ramsay lines up against Healthscope". Sidney Morning Herald. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "About Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital". Ramsay Health Care. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Aussie Entrepreneurs Love The Lure Of Asia's Thriving Middle Class". Forbes Asia. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

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