ENQUIRIES ABOUT PRIVATE HEALTHCARE ON THE UP, SAYS HOSPITAL CHAIN

Evening Standard - Spire Healthcare gave over its 39 private hospitals for the NHS to use for non-Covid treatments during the virus crisis, with government covering the firm’s costs. That meant Spire stopped private operations for much of the second quarter of the six months to June 30. That hit Spire’s first-half income by around £30 million. Although the company is still working with the NHS until at least the end of the year, it has restarted some private work. Justin Ash, chief executive of Spire Healthcare, which does heart surgeries, and hip and knee operations, said: “We currently have record enquiries from people wanting to pay for private treatment....>>>