Spire Healthcare hosted its annual meeting yesterday and, as with other companies, the event was closed to shareholders because of the government’s social distancing measures. Investors were able to submit questions ahead of the meeting via email but, given the extraordinary uncertainty hanging over the company, Spire was unlikely to have been in a position to give those seeking greater clarity much beyond its updated statement.
Spire is one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare groups. It operates 39 private hospitals and 8 clinics in England, Wales and Scotland. Spire has partnerships with about 7,300 consultants, and cared for about 810,000 in-patients and day-case patients last year.
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, its private hospitals have been made available to the NHS in England, Wales
