The healthcare partnership Locations Treatments Consultants About Circle Contact us GPs and referrers Careers Competition and Markets Authority Back to > Home > About Circle > Relationship with our Consultants About Circle Our credo Our partnership Our team Relationship with our Consultants Media Circle TV The Circle Kitchen CircleAcademy Career opportunities Contact us Relationship with our Consultants Most of the consultants treating patients in our facilities are not Circle employees, but rather self-employed practitioners. They practice their specialties in accordance with the terms of our Practicing Privileges policies. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently issued an Order regulating the relationships between private hospital groups and consultants who treat private patients or refer them for tests at group facilities (so-called “Referring Clinicians”). In accordance with this Order, hospitals and Referring Clinicians are prohibited from entering into any incentive schemes that are designed to encourage consultants to refer private patients to, or treat private patients at, the hospitals. CircleHealth does not operate any such schemes with Referring Clinicians. In addition, the CMA requires hospital operators to disclose certain information about arrangements they have with Referring Clinicians. These arrangements include: ownership interests in the operator; the provision of certain “high value” facilities to Referring Clinicians; the availability of “low value” basic amenities for Referring Clinicians; and any remuneration for services provided by Referring Clinicians to the hospital. This information applies specifically to consultants who are not hospital employees and who have the ability to refer privately insured or self-paying patients for treatment or tests at the hospital. Set out below is information about the arrangements we have with Referring Clinicians: Ownership interests Circle is proud to be the UK’s largest clinician co-owned hospital group. Attached below, listed by facility, are the names of Referring Clinicians and their respective ownership interests (held on their behalf by the Circle Partnership Benefit Trust) in Circle Holdings plc: CircleBath CircleReading CircleNottingham Circle Holdings plc operates a share scheme for all group employees and consultants working in our facilities. In accordance with the CMA Order, options granted to Referring Clinicians have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of Circle Holdings plc at the time of grant and must be exercised within 24 months of the grant date. Other remuneration We engage a small number of Referring Clinicians to provide certain clinical services, as well as managerial and governance functions, at our hospitals. Attached below, listed by each facility, is a list of Referring Clinicians who provide such services and the remuneration they receive: CircleBath CircleReading CircleNottingham Facilities Here is a list, by hospital, of the facilities we make available to Referring Clinicians and the rates we charge for their use: CircleBath CircleReading CircleNottingham Basic amenities At each of our facilities, CircleHealth provides consultants with the following basic amenities: In-housing training programmes to promote clinical and operational safety. Patient admission, billing, and related administrative services. NHSLA insurance cover in respect of NHS-funded patients. Free refreshments, stationery, and parking. General marketing and promotional activities. CircleHealth hosts informational meetings and partnership events from time to time at which Referring Clinicians are invited to attend. While the cost of such events depends on the number attendees, the average cost is less than £1,000. Follow us Facebook Twitter YouTube Google+ Share Accessibility Treatments Cardiology Cosmetic surgery Dermatology Diabetes and endocrinology ENT and audiology Gastroenterology Gynaecology Hip Unit Knee Unit Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Pain management Physiotherapy Rheumatology Sports medicine Consultants Breast surgeons Colorectal surgeons Cosmetic surgeons Dermatologists ENT surgeons Eye surgeons Gastroenterologists General surgeons Gynaecologists Orthopaedic surgeons Pain management Rheumatologists Urologists Vascular surgeons Locations Bath Nottingham Reading About Circle Our credo Our partnership Our team Relationship with our Consultants Media Circle TV The Circle Kitchen CircleAcademy Career opportunities Contact us Investor relations Contact us Terms and conditions Legal Sitemap Accessibility Privacy policy © Circle 2015