At Welbeck Health Partners, we believe there is a better way to deliver care. We are transforming healthcare in the UK by partnering with the very best clinicians and putting our patients first in everything that we do. With over 300 consultants covering 18 specialties, we are truly a one-stop healthcare destination. Equipped with the latest technology and staffed by teams of exceptional doctors, our specialist centre of excellence in London combines under one roof services that are typically fragmented and shared across several sites.

All WHP businesses are operated in partnership with the clinicians. Our clinician partners hold direct ownership interests in the business, and these partners have equal input in all management decisions. We work collaboratively to ensure that the centre provides the resources necessary to deliver excellent care and give clinicians the opportunity to leverage their deep expertise in their field to build a centre that reflects the requirements of their own practices.

Our criteria for identifying potential clinician partners includes a strong emphasis on clinical excellence and reputation in the field. Our partnerships include many clinicians who hold substantive posts either as NHS heads of service or with professional organisations.

Clinicians who partner with WHP can access rewards not possible through traditional models of private practice. As a business owner of a centre of excellence, clinicians take ownership of the management, strategy, and growth of their own business, supported by the WHP team, and can take pride in a facility they have co-developed. The partnership fosters a more collaborative working environment for clinicians than is typical in private care – rather than working in competition they now share in each other’s success.

Benefits include:

• Develop a centre in collaboration from the ground up, with input into all aspects of the design, build and fit-out

• Work in a centre which is run efficiently, smoothly and delivers an outstanding patient experience

• Select colleagues that you trust both clinically and personally, work collaboratively rather than in competition and share in each other’s success

• Collaborate with other groups and specialties within the WHP network

• Engage with insurers and GPs with the support of WHP

• Share in the value the practice creates for the hospital, in addition to existing professional fee income which remains untouched

• Monthly returns on investment made from centre opening

• Receive support on practice development and benefit from wider WHP marketing programmes

By partnering with clinicians, everyone shares in the success of the group, fostering a highly collaborative working environment. The partnership creates a framework for standardisation of patient pathways, regulation of quality between partners, and cross referral within and between different specialties. Groups can organise themselves to ensure that all patients receive the best care from the relevant sub-specialist and offer a single point of accountability to referrers and payors. Taken together, this creates a particularly compelling proposition in the market.

As equal partners, Welbeck Health Partners are committed to both clinicians’ individual success, and the success of the centre. The corporate expertise and support offered from Welbeck Health Partners covers all major aspects of delivering the best possible care to our patients. From building design, governance, clinical operations, finance, HR, billing, and marketing, the service is tailored to the needs of the specific specialty and centre and is built into the commitment and contract of the business to ensure continued support.