Spire Healthcare Group PLC - independent hospital group headquartered in London - In advanced talks to provide volume-based commitment to help manage NHS England waiting lists when current contract ends. The new contract is expected to end March 31, 2021 and its aim is provide a smooth transition for NHS services to the new NHS framework of purchasing additional capacity from the independent sector. Spire has been accepted onto the new framework. This marks a change from the current cost-based contract. Spire plans to provide an additional market update in due course. "If agreed, this new contract will allow Spire Healthcare to continue to treat private patients, whilst supporting the NHS through the winter months, and to transition smoothly to the NHS framework."
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