Carillion jv success

Carillion PLC
27 September 2004

Carillion's joint venture company appointed preferred provider to run its first
treatment centre valued at around £50 million

A Carillion-led joint venture, Patient Choice Partners (PCP), has been appointed
preferred bidder to design, build, finance and operate an Independent Sector
Treatment Centre (ISTC) at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital in Essex.
In line with its strategy, Carillion is building on the established positions it
already holds in the health market by extending its service offering to include
clinical services.

PCP will provide the treatment centre and deliver three main services: an
endoscopy service, which will transfer from the existing Basildon Hospital, a
chemotherapy service being devolved from Southend and a medical day case
service, which will provide additional capacity for Basildon and Thurrock
University Hospital NHS Trust.

The unit will be staffed by around 650 full-time equivalent clinicians and
support staff.

John McDonough, chief executive of Carillion said: 'Health is an important
growth sector for Carillion and we are already an established leader in
providing PPP hospitals, ProCure 21 and facilities management services to a
number of NHS Trusts. We are delighted to have been selected as the preferred
bidder for our first ISTC and look forward to working alongside Basildon and
Thurrock University Hospital NHS Trust to provide quicker access to high quality
services for patients and the local Primary Care Trusts.'

'The ISTC programme is one of a number of important new initiatives underpinning
the Government's commitment to improving services through working with the
private sector to deliver total healthcare solutions.'

Notes to editors

PCP is a 50:50 joint venture of Carillion plc and Nestor Healthcare Group plc.
PCP's clinical partner is Medi-Clinic Ltd, a major South African private
hospital group. PCP's management team comprises a blend of extensive experience
of operating at a senior level within the NHS and the private sector.

Carillion is one of the UK's leading Support Services and Construction companies
with extensive healthcare and PFI experience. It has financially closed six PPP
hospitals, and is currently the preferred bidder for three further hospitals -
the Queen Alexandra hospital project in Portsmouth and the William Osler and
Royal Ottawa Hospitals, in Ontario, Canada - with a combined value of £1.8
billion

Nestor is the UK's leading provider of private health and care professionals as
well as services to the NHS.

Medi-Clinic currently operates 432 private hospitals in South Africa with 6,000
beds and around 12,000 employees. It treats 365,000 patients per annum of which
100,000 are treated on a day care basis.

For further information contact

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs        01902 316426
Paula Manning, Group Corporate Communications Manager 01902 316444


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