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Spire Healthcare - Hospital group benefiting from longer NHS waiting lists

July 2024

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Spire Healthcare stands out as the sole publicly listed private healthcare group in the UK after Mediclinic, the only other, was taken private earlier this year. Spire, which operates a network of hospitals, clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms across England, Wales, and Scotland, is the largest and only publicly traded member of the so-called “Big Five” private healthcare providers in the UK. With 39 hospitals and over 50 additional facilities, Spire offers a wide range of services including diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for private healthcare, with more patients opting to pay directly for private hospital care as NHS waiting lists grow ...

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