Spire Healthcare Group plc
("Spire Healthcare", "the Company" or "the Group")
Further to the announcement on 13 September 2017 regarding the settlement of all known claims against Spire Healthcare relating to the actions of the disgraced former consultant Ian Paterson, Spire Healthcare can confirm that the Court Order putting this agreement into effect has today been approved by Mrs Justice Whipple in a hearing in the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice.
The approved Order brings to a conclusion all current and known claims from patients against Spire Healthcare and its co-defendants, and will result in the establishment of the Ian Paterson (Liability to Private Patients) Compensation Fund which, in addition to providing compensation in relation to known claims, will be available to compensate any further patients who notify a claim prior to 30 October 2018.
For further information please contact:
Spire Healthcare
Antony Mannion, Director, Strategy and Investor Relations
+44 (0)20 7427 9160
Maitland
Neil Bennett / Tom Eckersley
+44 (0)20 7379 5151
Registered office and head office:
Spire Healthcare Group plc
3 Dorset Rise
London
EC4Y 8EN
