St Joseph's Hospital, Newport

St Joseph's Hospital, Newport is one of the largest privately owned hospitals in Wales. It is situated on Harding Avenue, Malpas, Newport.

From 1946 until 2014 it was run by the Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy which is a registered charity. The congregation decided in 2014 to sell the hospital, which had 52 beds, a turnover of £7.5 million a year and 150 staff as they no longer had the resources to run or develop it. A new building with a 12-bed maternity wing was opened in October 1961.[1] St Anne’s Hospice, which has 10 beds, in the hospital grounds, was transferred to the management of St David’s Hospice Care in 2013.[2] The hospital was used by Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust to reduce waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery in 2008.[3] Wye Valley NHS Trust runs a weekly podiatric surgery clinic at the hospital.[4]

It was acquired for £2.78 million by a consortium led by Brian Staples (chairman of the European Scanning Centre based in Harley Street), Paul Jenkins and Rohit Kulkarni (an orthopaedic surgeon who is team doctor to the Newport Gwent Dragons)[5] and including 43 of the hospital’s existing consultants.[6] 36 consultants own 40% of the business, and Staples, Jenkins and Kulkarni own 60%. The consortium set up a minor injuries unit, a breast cancer care unit, an oncology unit and improved the imaging unit with new equipment.[7] It claims that its diagnostic facilities are the most advanced available in the UK outside London. Under the new management the number of permanent staff has risen to 177.[8] More medical consultants have been recruited. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Nuns selling Newport's private hospital". South Wales Argus. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "St David's Hospice in Newport takes on in-patient role". BBC News. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "NHS patients head for private hospital". Wales online. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Opening Hours". Wye Valley NHS Trust. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "ST JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL LENDS SUPPORT AND EXPERTISE TO CHARITY RUGBY MATCH". We are effective. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Newport private hospital St Joseph's sold to team of consultants and investors in a deal worth £10m". Wales Online. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Private hospital set to be best in South Wales claim new owners". South Wales Argus. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "St Joseph's Hospital set for re-launch after £10million refurb". South Wales Argus. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "WRU national team doctor is another senior appointment made at St Joseph’s". South Wales Argus. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

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