The last word on PPUs

Self-pay growth and yearly profits are among the areas covered in the third and last of Philip Housden’s series providing an A-Z guide of private patient units (PPUs).

Ring-fenced (PPU beds)

A PPU is not really a PPU unless it has a ‘home’.

And in almost every example that means beds. Maybe not many, as low as six can still be commercially viable – 12-16 is better – but, crucially, they must be ring-fenced for private admissions.