Nuffield Health
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Nuffield Health is a non-profit organisation (the UK's largest health charity) in the United Kingdom, established in 1957, which operates a range of health and wellbeing facilities including Nuffield Health Hospitals and Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Centres.
It is independent of the National Health Service
and is constituted as a registered charity
. Its objects are "to advance, promote and maintain health and healthcare of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of every kind."
As a private provider, fees are charged to patients. In 2007 it had an annual gross income of £540 million, making it one of the five largest charities in the UK.
It operates over 200 facilities including 30 private hospitals (29 in England and one in Scotland — Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital), 1 joint venture private hospital (Vale Healthcare in South Wales), and 50 health clubs, employing 11,000 staff, including over 4,000 clinical staff.
It is independent of the National Health Service
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
and is constituted as a registered charity
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
. Its objects are "to advance, promote and maintain health and healthcare of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of every kind."
As a private provider, fees are charged to patients. In 2007 it had an annual gross income of £540 million, making it one of the five largest charities in the UK.
It operates over 200 facilities including 30 private hospitals (29 in England and one in Scotland — Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital), 1 joint venture private hospital (Vale Healthcare in South Wales), and 50 health clubs, employing 11,000 staff, including over 4,000 clinical staff.