Practice Plus Group staff are celebrating this month, after being recognised in this year’s National Joint Registry (NJR) awards for demonstrating consistently high patient safety standards for its orthopaedic (hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder) joint replacement surgeries. Hospitals within the group picked up Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for the quality of the data…
Read moreTV’s Dr Hilary Jones opens new Birmingham hospital
Celebrity GP and Health Advisor Dr Hilary Jones MBE, best known for his ITV appearances officially opened Practice Plus Group’s brand-new hospital in Birmingham today! Local residents will be pleased to hear that the newly refurbished Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham, currently has no waiting list for either NHS or private patients. As of November,…
Read moreNew community eye clinic for Lancashire
To further support eye-health for people in the Lancashire region, a new eye care clinic is opening soon in the heart of Bamber Bridge, just three miles from Preston. The new site launch announcement comes as we mark National Eye Health Week (23-29 September), which promotes the importance of good eye health and regular eye…
Read moreOur Birmingham hospital officially opens its doors
This week, Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham, welcomed its first patients through the doors after an extensive renovation project. The team have been waiting 11 weeks for this moment and were primed and ready to roll out the red carpet. First to arrive was Alan Voyce, 75, a retired tool setter who has been on…
Read moreDoor-to-door service for my hip replacement!
With a scheduled hip replacement booked in at our Practice Plus Group Hospital in Barlborough, David, 71, a retired Navy Officer, began to consider how he might get to his appointment – his wife doesn’t drive and the hospital is 20 miles from his home. Fortunately for him, the hospital had just launched a new…
Read moreDo good things come to Brits who wait?
Brits have revealed how long they’re happy to wait for things – including eight minutes to get served at the bar and 11 weeks for surgery. A poll of 2,000 adults revealed that 10 minutes is the longest people will wait in the supermarket queue before getting annoyed, eight minutes for a loo cubicle to…
Read moreNew waiting list stats don’t factor in pre-diagnosis time
That’s according to a new poll by Savanta. With NHS waiting lists rising for a third month in a row, according to new figures released today1, a private healthcare provider claims that the stats don’t take into account the time it takes for a diagnosis before a patient is then added to a treatment waiting…
Read moreBucks physio called in to support Olympic rowing team’s prep
Experienced physiotherapist, James Goodwin, from Saunderton, Buckinghamshire, has been invited by the Swiss Olympic Rowing team to help prepare its athletes ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics next week (commencing Friday 26th July). Having worked to prepare the GB rowing team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, James, who works for Practice Plus Group at…
Read morePractice Plus Group’s NHS 111 moves into the North East
NHS 111 is moving into Cavendish House at Prince’s Wharf in Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, bringing 300 jobs into the area in a move that reflects the ongoing regeneration of the Tees Valley. Practice Plus Group, a company that runs a network of NHS 111 contact centres throughout England on behalf of the NHS, has been one…
Read morePractice Plus Group to expand into Birmingham!
We are about to move into the West Midlands and bring Wellsoon to the UK’s second city. Practice Plus Group is the proud new operator of what is currently The Edgbaston Hospital, part of Circle Health Group and known locally as The BMI Hospital, following a deal to transfer ownership. With most of our ‘Outstanding’…
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