Some HCA UK hospitals and facilities operate partnerships with doctors, some of whom may be referring clinicians.

Please see below for more information regarding equity ownership in the following joint venture with the The Harborne Hospital.

Initial shares and units are calculated based upon the capital costs of the equipment, leasehold improvements, provided working capital and other costs necessary to establish the Centre. For shares in established ventures, Fair Market Value is applied and reviewed by external specialists based on historic performance and projections.

The information here is regularly updated, and in this version is correct at 31 July 2025. Where a doctor’s name or a company name appears in italics, it means that discussions were taking place at the stated date regarding an exit from the investment.

LOC @ The Harborne Hospital:
Outpatient and daycase chemotherapy service based at The Harborne Hospital.

On occasion, HCA UK provides general corporate hospitality at social events to which doctors are invited (such as Christmas parties) or educational events (such as service line demonstrations or symposia). Such hospitality is proportionate and reasonable and is not provided by HCA UK with the intention of inducing referrals or rewarding the referring clinician for making or having made referrals to HCA UK. It is important that we are transparent about the frequency and cost of these events. In all cases, the stated cost includes food and drink (where this cost is paid by HCA to an external party), plus the cost of hiring any non-HCA venue used. Where it is sensible to do so (e.g. a dinner) we will typically publish the cost per attendee; but where the total cost is fixed irrespective of attendees, we will normally state the number of people invited to the event.

Since 1 January 2024, this Hospital has hosted the following Events:

• A GP educational event in June 2025. The total cost of this event was £2,197. 150 people were invited to this event.
• A Women’s and Men’s Health conference in February 2025. The total cost of this event was £5,760. 80 people were invited to this event.
• An annual dinner for members of the Hospital’s Medical Advisory Committee in January 2025. The total cost of this event was £1,278. 19 people were invited to the event.
• The Harborne Hospital Christmas party in November 2024 to which doctors are invited. The total cost of this event was £14,500. 148 people were invited to the event.
• An event for consultants with dinner in November 2024. The total cost of this event was £17,766. 120 people attended this event.
• A dinner after the Harborne Orthopaedics Study Day in October 2024. The total cost of this event was £3,000. 50 people were invited to this event.
• A networking event for local healthcare professionals in April 2024. The total cost for this event was £2,610. 62 people attended this event.

Secretarial and administrative services:
HCA sometimes employs medical secretaries to liaise with patients, deal with correspondence, make appointments and handle patients’ enquiries on doctors’ behalf. Sometimes, medical secretaries work for more than one doctor. They help to manage complex processes such as payroll, making administration efficient both for doctors and – most importantly – our patients. Medical secretarial services are made available on a non-discriminatory basis and on equivalent terms in accordance with the CMA Order. We charge doctors for using this service at Fair Market Value (FMV).

HCA charges the following (inclusive of VAT) for secretarial and administrative services:

A full time medical secretary service (where provided) is charged as 1875 hours per year.

Consulting rooms:
HCA UK considers that doctors must be able to see our patients without delay, and in close proximity to our diagnostic and treatment facilities. In order to achieve this, we license our consulting rooms to doctors and other referring clinicians on an hourly basis at fair market value which we estimate by reference to the cost of equivalent services in the same geographical locality.

Consulting rooms are made available on a non-discriminatory basis and on equivalent terms in accordance with the Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 2014. 

HCA charges the following (inclusive of VAT) for consulting rooms:

The following low-value services are provided free-of-charge to referring clinicians with practising privileges at HCA facilities:

• General services to ensure appropriate clinical care (such as in-house training, chaperones) 
• Workplace amenities (e.g. free/subsidised tea and coffee including for patients, on-site meals, stationery)
• General marketing (such as general promotional events, consultant directories and internet profiles)

Some HCA UK facilities have (or have access to) car parking spaces. Where these spaces are made available to doctors, it is on a first-come, first-served basis. Where spaces are made available to staff and/or doctors, HCA does not charge for these.

There are some clinicians who do not offer inpatient or outpatient appointments but who also provide part-time roles of a ‘medical advisory’ nature in specialisms such as anaesthesia, radiography or radiology. Since these clinicians do not have HCA biography webpage, we provide details of clinicians most closely associated with this Hospital here: 

Dr Jamin Patel

Dr David Green

Dr Mark Wilkes

Dr Gavin Ralston