Spire Healthcare plans to develop 60m hospital

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Spire Healthcare Group PLC

16 March 2015

 



Spire Healthcare Group Plc

16 March 2015

Spire Healthcare plans to develop new £60m hospital in Nottingham

Spire Healthcare, a leading private hospital group, is very pleased to announce that planning permission to develop a new hospital in Tollerton, South Nottingham has been granted.  This state-of-the-art facility will incorporate the most modern design and configuration concepts, with a capital investment from Spire planned to be around £60m.

Spire Healthcare is one of the UK's largest private hospital providers with 39 hospitals and 13 clinics nationwide, more recently opening a brand new Specialist Care Centre in Bristol and developing a further centre in Essex.  Spire offers a wide range of integrated surgical, medical and diagnostic services, and is delighted to be able to develop a facility in the Nottingham area. 

Current plans for Spire Nottingham are for a contemporary and leading edge facility, housing the latest in medical technology and equipped for the most complex surgeries.  Spire intends that its services will be open to all - including those patients funded by the NHS.

Current plans for the hospital include:

·      56 patient beds;

·      a large outpatient area with 20 consulting rooms;

·      an oncology suite of six treatment cubicles and sensory garden; 

·      three laminar flow/laparoscopic theatres and a hybrid theatre/catheter lab;

·      a JAG compliant endoscopy suite;

·      a six bedded Critical Care Unit;

·      a fixed MRI and CT facility;

·      an enhanced physiotherapy facility with access to outside exercise area.

This prime site by the airport in Tollerton will place Spire in an ideal position to serve Nottingham and the wider East Midlands market.  It is initially anticipated there will be employment benefits to the local area, with around 250 jobs created, as well as wider economic benefits to the local area.

Work is due to begin later this year, with completion anticipated in late 2016 / early 2017.

Neil McCullough, Spire's Group Development Director, said:

"A new hospital development in Nottingham would give Spire the opportunity to make a significant addition to its network and reflects our vision to be recognised as a world class healthcare business.

"Nottingham is a successful and vibrant city and we are delighted to be joining the local health community with our plans for a state-of-the-art hospital befitting of the city's status.

"Spire has had extensive engagement with medical professionals in the area and the consistent feedback has been in support of the project and, more importantly, the chance to work with Spire Healthcare. We believe that this new hospital will be a significant addition to the medical care offering in the region."

Notes to editors

The £60m investment is part of the capital expenditure plan already messaged to the market and not in addition to it. 

About Spire Healthcare

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom, with 39 hospitals and 13 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, treating insured, self-pay and NHS patients. The Group delivered tailored, personalised care to more than 236,000 in-patients and day-case patients in 2013, and is the leading provider by volume of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom.

Spire offers in-patient/day-case procedures in areas including orthopaedics, gynaecology, cardiology, neurology, oncology and general surgery and also diagnostic services including imaging and pathology. The Group also offers out-patient services, such as consulting, minor procedures, treatments, health checks and physiotherapy.

Contacts

For further Spire information please visit: www.spirehealthcare.com or contact Victoria Strudwick on [e-mail] or 0207 427 9130. 

 

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