Practice Plus Group

Practice Plus Group is a private healthcare company in England.

They are a major independent provider of NHS services. As well as offering private healthcare, many of their hospitals and centres are contracted/commissioned by the NHS to provide services. Their involvement helps reduce waiting times, increasing choice for patients — e.g. NHS patients may be referred to their hospitals or treatment centres.

They cover a wide range of healthcare offerings across several domains:

1. Secondary care / Surgical & hospital services
   • Hospitals and surgical centres (for example for orthopaedics, eye surgery, general surgery, urology, gynaecology, etc.)
   • Diagnostics: imaging (X-ray, MRI, CT, ultrasound), endoscopy, etc.
2. Primary and urgent care
   • GP practices (in-hours and out-of-hours).
   • Urgent Treatment Centres.
   • NHS 111 call centres and integrated urgent care (this includes clinical assessments & out-of-hours services).
3. Secure environments
   • They provide healthcare services in prisons and youth offender establishments.
4. Private healthcare
   • They offer a private/self-pay route (or via insurance), providing treatments with shorter wait times.
   • They publish treatment costs and offer a range of payment options (including finance). “Wellsoon” is their private patient service.

Careers at Practice Plus Group

2,200 employees work for Practice Plus Group, including 700 nurses and 1,100 other clinicians.

They recruit across a range of specialisms, and provide our patients with access to all services that would normally be available in a community settings.

In secure environments, they employ mental health and substance misuse specialists, as well as occupational therapists, psychologists, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. They also recruit non-clinical staff, from administrators to head of healthcare and site managers.

“Through my clinical work at different Health in Justice sites, I have been able to follow my passion for professional development and learning”.

Paul, Physiotherapist

“Newly qualified nurses can build a strong portfolio at Practice Plus Group, especially if they strive to acquire new skills and want to grow professionally. And what is more rewarding than knowing you are truly making a difference to patients in a moment when they need to feel secure, looked after and safeguarded”

Alice, Deputy Head of Healthcare

“I feel really safe working in a prison, more than I did when I was working in a community setting”

Kirsty, Registered Nurse

Awards:

• Nursing Times Workforce Awards- (Finalists)
• UK employer of the year (shortlisted)
• Best staff wellbeing initiative (shortlisted)
• Best workplace for learning and development (shortlisted)
• HSJ Independent Providers Awards
• Best Provider of Mental Health Services category