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Spire Healthcare appoints new Chief Operating Officer

London, UK, 18 September 2018: Spire Healthcare Group plc (LSE: SPI), one of the UK's leading independent hospital groups, is pleased to announce that it has appointed John Forrest as its new Chief Operating Officer. John will take up his duties on 8 October 2018.

John joins Spire from Greene King - the UK's leading pub retailer and brewer - where he has held a number of senior positions including COO for retail and most recently Managing Director for their Pub Partners division. Prior to Greene King, John was at Whitbread for eight years, including four years as COO of Premier Inn. Earlier in his career John worked for a number of major retailers.

During his time with Greene King, John led a large workforce, successfully introducing standardisation across the operation, managing an effective cost-savings programme, improved their customer experience and implemented a workforce planning tool. His experience at Premier Inn includes the development and implementation of an award-winning customer experience programme, redefining their operating model to improve efficiencies and delivering operational effectiveness through best practice and process improvements.

Justin Ash, Chief Executive Officer, said: "Having personally spent a lot of time in the operation, I have been able to identify the most important attributes for the COO role. I am confident that the extensive experience, knowledge and relevant skills which John has built up over his career will make a significant and positive difference to Spire."

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ABOUT SPIRE HEALTHCARE

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. We deliver high standards of care, with integrity and compassion and from high-quality facilities to our insured, Self-pay and NHS patients.

From our 39 hospitals, 11 clinics and one Specialist Care Centre across England, Wales and Scotland, we provide diagnostics, in-patient, daycase and out-patient care in areas including orthopaedics, gynaecology, cardiology, neurology, oncology and general surgery. We are the principal independent provider by volume of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom.

We also own and operate sports medicine, physiotherapy and rehabilitation brand, Perform. Working in partnership with over 3,900 experienced consultants, our hospitals delivered tailored, personalised care to more than 775,000 in-patients and daycase patients in 2017.

The group was founded with the acquisition and rebranding of 25 Bupa hospitals in 2007. Since then, Spire Healthcare has made significant capital investments in its estate and continues to deliver successful and award winning clinical outcomes and high levels of patient satisfaction. Spire is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE250 index.

To learn more, visit www.spirehealthcare.com.