CMA compliance

The services provided at Spire Washington Hospital to referring clinicians and the amounts charged by Spire for those services are set out below:

• Use of consulting rooms: £25 per hour
• Medical secretarial services: £16 per hour

The following “low-value” services are also provided to referring clinicians with practising privileges at this hospital:

• General services to ensure clinical safety (eg in-house training, chaperones)
• Operational services such as patient bookings/admissions (including online booking and payment for consultations), administrative services and billing, and insurance/indemnity cover in respect of NHS patients
• General marketing support, including production of consultant directories, promotional activities, web profiles etc.
• Basic workplace amenities such as teas/coffees/refreshments, subsidised meals, car parking, stationery.

Spire group Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) Chairs conferences are held twice a year, focusing on clinical safety and governance issues. MAC Chairs from all of Spire’s 39 hospitals are invited to attend, with their partners, and are joined by members of Spire’s senior management. In 2017, the conferences were held in Berlin and Aylesbury and the total cost of the events was approximately £85,000 and £25,000 respectively. In 2018, the conferences were held in Barcelona and Aylesbury and the total cost of the events was approximately £101,000 and £28,000 respectively.

Corporate hospitality events held by the hospital at no charge to referring clinicians are set out below, together with the cost of providing such events:

2019

Consultant Specialty Meeting:

• 19 February, lower limb: £9.75 per head  

MAC

• 4 February Quarter 1 meeting: £9.75 per head 
• 8 April Quarter 2 meeting: £9.75 per head 

Self-pay events

• 18 February cosmetic event: £70 in total
• 29 April weight loss event / support group: no cost
• 6 April self-pay roadshow: no cost 
• 15 June self-pay roadshow: no cost 
• 17 June cosmetic event: £55 in total 

GP events

• 28 February foot and ankle event: £9.75 per head 
• 6 June GP ENT event: £9.75 per head

2018

Consultant Specialty Meeting:

• 31 January, Orthopaedic lower limb meeting: £9.75 per head
• 5 June, Anaesthetic meeting: £9.75 per head
• 11 June, Cosmetic meeting: £9.75 per head
• 1 November. Radiology meeting: £9.75 per head

MAC:

• 15 January, Quarter 1 meeting: £9.75 per head
• 9 February, Dinner: £100 per head x9
• 21 May, Quarter 2 meeting: £9.75 per head
• 20 August, Quarter 3 meeting: £9.75 per head
• 19 November, Quarter 4 meeting: £9.75 per head

AGM:

• 13 July, Annual General Meeting: £33.00 per head

Cricket Match Hospitality

• 20 July, Durham County Cricket Club: £160.00 per head

Tall Ships Hospitality

• 12 July, Durham County Cricket Club: £100.00 per head

Hospital Christmas Party:

• 10 March, Ramside Hall, Durham, £38.00 per head

Staff Awards Ceremony:

• 8 September, Radisson Blu, Durham, £35.00 per head

Self-pay Health Event:

• 14 April, Radisson Blu, Durham, £30.00 per head
• 16 June, Hilton Gardens, Sunderland, £28.00 per head
• 10 September, Radisson Blu, Durham, £3.00 per head

GP Events:

Lunch & Learns

• 14 February, Murton Medical Group: £5.25 per head
• 10 April, Monkseaton Medical Group: £5.25 per head

Evening Events:

• 29 January ENT: £9.75 per head
• 20 February Cardiology: £9.75 per head
• 20 March Breast Cancer: £9.75 per head
• 26 April Orthopaedics: £9.75 per head
• 22 May Gynaecology: £9.75 per head
• 19 June Bariatrics: £9.75 per head 
• 22 September: £9.75 per head
• 16 October: £9.75 per head

Symposiums

• 1 event - Holiday Inn Hotel, Washington: £11.50 per head (17 March)
• 1 event - Holiday Inn Hotel, Washington: £11.50 per head (23 June)
• 1 event - Holiday Inn Hotel, Washington: £11.50 per head (22 September)
• 1 event - Holiday Inn Hotel, Washington: £11.50 per head (24 November)

2017

Consultant Specialty Meetings:

• 9 February Spinal Meeting: £9.75 per head 
• 9 March Gynaecology Meeting: £9.75 per head 
• 6 April Lower limb orthopaedics Meeting: £9.75 per head 
• 4 May Upper limb orthopaedics Meeting: £9.75 per head 
• 7 June General Surgery Meeting: £9.75 per head 
• 13 July Cosmetic Meeting: £9.75 per head
• 7 September ENT Meeting: £9.75 per head 
• 15 November Radiology Meeting: £9.75 per head 

Hospital Christmas Party:

• 21 January, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, £55.00 per head

MAC:

• 14 March, Quarter 1 meeting: £9.75 per head
• 22 May, Quarter 2 meeting: £9.75 per head
• 17 July, Quarter 3 meeting: £9.75 per head
• 16 October, Quarter 4 meeting: £9.75 per head

AGM:

• 1 December, Annual General Meeting: £9.75 per head

GP Events:

Lunch & Learns

• 8 November, Murton Medical Group: £5.25 per head

Evening Events

• 26 January Cardiology: £9.75 per head
• 21 February Shoulder surgery: £9.75 per head
• 23 March Rheumatology: £9.75 per head
• 27 April ENT: £9.75 per head
• 15 May Allergy: £9.75 per head
• 10 June Spinal: £9.75 per head
• 21 September Urology: £9.75 per head
• 31 October Neurology: £9.75 per head
• 23 Novemebr Orthopaedics: £9.75 per head
• 12 December Pain management: £9.75 per head

Symposiums

• 2 events - Holiday Inn Hotel, Washington: £11.50 per head (7 October and 10 June)

2016

Consultant Specialty Meetings:

• Upper Limb Meeting: £2.75 per head
• General Surgery Meeting: £3.25 per head
• Urology Meeting: £3.00 per head
• Cosmetic Meeting: £6.90 per head

MAC Meetings:

• Quarter 4 meeting: £15.00 per head

AGM

• Annual General Meeting - £142.00 per head

Corporate Hospitality

• Durham County Cricket Club tickets for GPs: £99.00 per head

2015

Corporate Hospitality

• Rugby World Cup - South Africa vs. Scotland match: £150.00 per head
• Rugby World Cup - Scotland vs. Samoa match: £150.00 per head

Private hospital operators are required to disclose details of referring clinicians practising at their facilities, who have a share or financial interest in those facilities or any equipment used there. Some clinicians may own shares in Spire Healthcare Group plc, which were acquired either at the admission price or through trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Where a referring clinician has an individual web page profile on this hospital website, relevant shares and/or financial interests are disclosed there. For referring clinicians who do not have an individual profile, their shares and/or financial interests are shown below:

• Dr Amit Kumar holds less than 0.1% of the issued share capital of Spire Heathcare Group plc
• Mr Ben Jenkins holds less than 0.1% of the issued share capital of Spire Heathcare Group plc
• Dr Rajendranath Sinha holds less than 0.1% of the issued share capital of Spire Heathcare Group plc
• Mr Shanmugam Vetrivel owns 100% of the Ultrasound machine used at Spire Washington Hospital 
• Mr Steven Coates owns 100% of the Nerve Conduction machine used at Spire Washington Hospital 
• Dr Julie Cox holds less than 0.1% of the issued share capital of Spire Heathcare Group plc
• Mr David Nylander holds less than 0.1% of the issued share capital of Spire Heathcare Group plc

Private hospital operators are required to disclose details of certain paid services provided by referring clinicians to private hospitals operators in addition to exercising practising privileges at that hospital. This information can be found on the referring clinician’s individual web page profile on this hospital website.

• We pay a retainer of £779 per month for the Physician in Charge (PIC) position for Bupa Health Assessment Centre. Rhona Lunt holds the position of PIC and commenced in this role in April 2017. The PIC role involves leading the team and providing advice, clinical coaching and guidance in clinical matters to all staff working in the Bupa Health Assessment Centre.