Opening 3rd treatment centre

Tribal Group PLC
19 December 2005



19 December 2005
                                Tribal Group plc

                       Opening of third treatment centre

Tribal Group plc (the 'Group') is pleased to announce the opening by Mercury
Health, the Group's healthcare delivery business, of its treatment centre in
Portsmouth today. The new facility, which is Mercury Health's largest centre to
date, has a planned annual capacity of 6,500 daycase surgical procedures, 10,500
diagnostic investigations and up to 50,000 attendances at its minor injuries
unit.

The Portsmouth centre is the third Mercury Health facility to open on time and
to budget. Mercury Health's fourth centre, an elective orthopaedic centre in
Haywards Heath, is on track for opening in July next year.

As previously announced, Mercury Health has been shortlisted for a number of
regional contracts in the Phase 2 diagnostics procurement and has submitted
preliminary bids for several schemes in the Phase 2 elective surgery
procurement. In addition, Mercury Health Primary Care has recently been
shortlisted for a number of primary care pilot schemes.

Contact details:

Henry Pitman, Group Chief Executive 01285 886020

Peter Martin, Mercury Health Chief Executive 0118 952 1901




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