Some HCA hospitals and facilities operate partnerships with doctors, some of whom may be referring clinicians.

Please see below for more information regarding equity ownership in the following joint venture with The Wilmslow.

Initial shares and units are calculated based upon the capital costs of the equipment, leasehold improvements, provided working capital and other costs necessary to establish the Centre. For shares in established ventures, Fair Market Value is applied and reviewed by external specialists based on historic performance and projections.

The information here is regularly updated, and in this version is correct at 31 October 2024. Where a doctor’s name or a company name appears in italics, it means that discussions were taking place at the stated date regarding an exit from the investment.

52 Alderley Road LLP (established 2014):

Name of referring clinician	Financial interest held
Richard Johnson	3.20%
Christie Oncology Imaging LLP (Bernadette Mary Carrington, Claire Nicola Barker)	2.80%
Sharif Breast Services Ltd (Amir Sharif)	1.60%
Vishal Madan	1.60%
Kokans Ltd (Jalal Kokan)	0.80%
Sulaiman Anaesthetic Services Ltd (S Lutfi Sulaiman)	0.80%
Manchester Neurosurgery Ltd (John Leach)	0.80%
Andrew Dunn Medical Ltd (Andy Dunn)	0.80%
Say Aun Quah	0.80%
K & H Akhtar Ltd (Khurshid Akhtar)	0.80%
Mohammed Waseem	0.80%
Jarrod Homer Ltd (Jarrod Homer)	0.80%
Mo Saeed Ltd (Mohammed Saeed)	0.80%
Saqib Chowdhary	0.40%
RSV Diagnostics Ltd (Naveen Vasireddy)	0.40%
D J Murray Ltd (David Murray)	0.40%
Naweed Shahid	0.40%
Grove Surgical Services Ltd (Simon Lloyd)	0.40%
Ram Mohan	0.40%
K Hinduja Ltd (Kunal Hinduja)	0.40%
D Sandher Ltd (Dilraj Sandher)	0.40%
RSM Reports Ltd (Randeep Mohil)	0.40%
Usman Khan	0.40%
T M Joint Solutions Ltd (Tahir Mahmud)	0.40%
Waqar Bhatti	0.40%
Sumohan Chatterjee	0.40%
Mohammed Absar	0.40%
110 Consulting Limited (Nasir Shah)	0.40%
Lennard Funk	0.40%

 

On occasion, HCA UK provides general corporate hospitality at social events to which doctors are invited (such as Christmas parties) or educational events (such as service line demonstrations or symposia). Such hospitality is proportionate and reasonable and is not provided by HCA UK with the intention of inducing referrals or rewarding the referring clinician for making or having made referrals to HCA UK. It is important that we are transparent about the frequency and cost of these events. In all cases, the stated cost includes food and drink (where this cost is paid by HCA to an external party), plus the cost of hiring any non-HCA venue used. Where it is sensible to do so (e.g. a dinner) we will typically publish the cost per attendee; but where the total cost is fixed irrespective of attendees, we will normally state the number of people invited to the event.

Since 1 January 2023, this Hospital has hosted the following Events:

• An event for consultants with dinner in November 2024. The total cost of this event was £10,108. 98 people attended this event.
• The Wilmslow Hospital annual Christmas party in December 2023 costing £136.20 for each invited guest.

Secretarial and administrative services:
HCA sometimes employs medical secretaries to liaise with patients, deal with correspondence, make appointments and handle patients’ enquiries on doctors’ behalf. Sometimes, medical secretaries work for more than one doctor. They help to manage complex processes such as payroll, making administration efficient both for doctors and – most importantly – our patients. Medical secretarial services are made available on a non-discriminatory basis and on equivalent terms in accordance with the CMA Order. We charge doctors for using this service at Fair Market Value (FMV).

HCA charges the following for secretarial and administrative services:

Facility	Hourly rate charged by HCA (£)
HCA UK at The Wilmslow Hospital	Not provided at this facility

A full time medical secretary service (where provided) is charged as 1875 hours per year.

Consulting rooms:
HCA UK considers that doctors must be able to see our patients without delay, and in close proximity to our diagnostic and treatment facilities. In order to achieve this, we license our consulting rooms to doctors and other referring clinicians on an hourly basis at fair market value which we estimate by reference to the cost of equivalent services in the same geographical locality.

Consulting rooms are made available on a non-discriminatory basis and on equivalent terms in accordance with the Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 2014. 

HCA charges the following (exclusive of VAT) for consulting rooms:

Facility	Hourly rate charged by HCA (£)
HCA UK at The Wilmslow Hospital	17.50

 

The following low-value services are provided free-of-charge to referring clinicians with practising privileges at HCA facilities:

• General services to ensure appropriate clinical care (such as in-house training, chaperones)
• Workplace amenities (e.g. free/subsidised tea and coffee including for patients, on-site meals, stationery)
• General marketing (such as general promotional events, consultant directories and internet profiles)

Car parking:

Some HCA UK facilities have (or have access to) car parking spaces. Where these spaces are made available to doctors, it is on a first-come, first-served basis. Where spaces are made available to staff and/or doctors, HCA does not charge for these.

A number of doctors provide us with clinical guidance on how to deliver the best possible care to patients and run our hospitals safely and efficiently. We pay those doctors for this service at Fair Market Value (FMV) and we use an independent company to provide assurance around our FMV calculations.p

Many of these doctors work at more than one HCA facility. For ease of reference, therefore, you can find more information on any such medical advisory positions (including payments made by HCA to the doctor) on your doctor’s HCA biography webpage.