Birmingham unit has a new owner
The Edgbaston Hospital, part of Circle Health Group and known locally as The BMI Hospital, is under new ownership following a deal with the UK’s largest independent provider of NHS services, Practice Plus Group.
With its ten hospitals mostly in the south of England, this is the company’s first move into the West Midlands where it aims to help reduce NHS waiting lists and offer its Wellsoon ‘more affordable private option compared with traditional private hospitals in the area’.
Chief executive Jim Easton said: ‘People who live in Birmingham and the surrounding areas have suffered particularly long waiting lists for planned treatments in the wake of the pandemic, with many people waiting a long time for hip and knee replacements and eye surgery.
‘We specialise in these operations and have a fantastic reputation for the quality of our surgery.
‘We are looking forward to partnering with the NHS locally to unlock access to excellent healthcare for as many people as possible.
‘We also know from the calls we have received that there is demand in the area for our high-quality, affordable private option for those people who want to pay or use their insurance for fast access to high clinical quality treatment.’
The building is a four-floor T-shaped facility with 55 bedrooms, three theatres, an endoscopy suite, outpatient facilities including ten consulting rooms, an imaging department, physio area and staff and patient parking.
Core services are orthopaedics, ophthalmology, diagnostic services and endoscopy.
Renamed Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham, it opens in September after extensive renovation and reconfiguration.