Kingsbridge Healthcare Group
Kingsbridge Healthcare Group is the largest private medical provider in Northern Ireland. It was formerly called 3fivetwo Medical Group. It was founded in 2004 by Suresh Tharma, an NHS consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist [1] and Ashok Songra, consultant maxillo-facial surgeon.[2]
The Kingsbridge Healthcare Group owns Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Belfast, Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Sligo, the Cosmetech cosmetic surgery business and the l Private GP service at their Maypole Clinic in Holywood. In 2018, Bupa awarded the company a contract to manage a clinic which provides health screening, private GP services and muscle and joint assessment.[3]
In November 2019 it opened a new £1 million six-bed ward at Kingsbridge Private Hospital and announced that it plans to increase patient capacity by 30% and take on 30 new staff. This expansion is driven by increasing waiting times for surgery in the Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland[4] and is financed by a £5 million investment by the Foresight Group, which is represented on the board of directors.[5] In 2022 it opened the new ‘Liz Dallas Outpatients Centre’ at their Hospital Ballykelly [6] and a new Operating Theatre and Intensive Care Unit in Belfast.[7]
The company's income dropped by 35% between 2014 and 2018 but improved after an improved focus on private patient income.[8]
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- ^ "Foresight invests £5m growth capital into Northern Ireland's largest private healthcare company 3fivetwo Group". Healthcare Business. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "EY Entrepreneur of the Year Industry finalist: 3fivetwo Group". The Irish Times. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Kingsbridge wins contract to run Bupa clinic in Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Kingsbridge opens doors to new state-of-the-art £1m ward". Irish News. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Multi-million pound investment secured by healthcare group". Belfast Telegraph. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Kingsbridge Healthcare announces opening of new outpatients centre". Newsletter. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Northern Ireland's first private cardiac surgery and ICU opens in Belfast". Cool FM. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "3fivetwo Medical reaps rewards from private pay focus". LaingBuisson News. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.