Alexandra Hospital (Cheadle)
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The Alexandra Hospital is a
private hospital A private hospital is a hospital not owned by the government, including for-profit and non-profit hospitals. Funding is by patients themselves ("self-pay"), by insurers, or by foreign embassies. Private hospitals are commonly part, albeit in var ...
in
Cheadle, Greater Manchester Cheadle () is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Cheshire, it borders Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Gre ...
, operated by
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. It is the largest private hospital in the UK outside London.


History

The facility was founded in 1981, and has treated a number of notable patients, including
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died in the hospital in 1994.


Services

Over 600 consultants work from the hospital, offering a range of services including
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treatment, an imaging suite including CT and
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, seven operating theatres, and a 5-bed intensive care unit. The hospital has 128 beds, all in individual en-suite rooms. The hospital's latest inspection by the
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found most aspects of care to be 'Good', but the safety of its intensive care facility was judged as 'Requires Improvement'. In 2016, the hospital was criticised for employing an anaesthetics nurse who had forged her qualifications.


See also

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Healthcare in Greater Manchester The "Greater Manchester Model" of NHS health care was a system uniquely devolved within England, by way of close integration with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and local authorities, led by the Mayor of Greater Manchester. In July 2022 ...
*
Private medicine in the UK Private healthcare in the UK, where universal state-funded healthcare is provided by the National Health Service, is a niche market. Private healthcare services are normally provided as a top-up for NHS services (free of charge) or funded by emp ...
*
Circle Health Circle Health Group is a private healthcare provider in the United Kingdom, and is the country's biggest private hospital provider. The company was founded in 2004 and rebranded as Circle Health Group in 2019 after acquiring a rival, BMI Healt ...
* BMI Healthcare


References


External links


Official website
{{Authority control Private hospitals in the United Kingdom Hospitals in Greater Manchester Cheadle, Greater Manchester