Bath’s Sulis Hospital in Bath will reinvest £1m back into the local NHS in its fifth year – marking its largest total to date.
Sulis Hospital is the first independent hospital in the UK to be wholly owned and operated by the NHS, with all its profits reinvested back into NHS services. Owned by the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust, the hospital was established to increase capacity and reduce elective waiting times, alongside generating income for the NHS.
Hospital director Simon Milner said: “The Sulis model demonstrates how integrated public-private healthcare partnerships can deliver additional NHS capacity, financial sustainability, and system-wide collaboration, creating a blueprint for future healthcare. For every patient that comes to Sulis, that's a patient not on the Trust’s waiting list, and for every self-pay or insured patient that comes to Sulis, they make way for those who cannot pay. This not only reduces the size of the NHS waiting list but actively contributes towards NHS profits.
“Five years since launch we couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve achieved. Sulis Hospital is making a meaningful difference to the NHS. And this is just the start, as we look to a bright future.”
