Nuffield Health is the United Kingdom's largest healthcare charity. Established in 1957 the charity operates 31 Nuffield Health Hospitals and 112 Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Centres . It is independent of the National Health Service and is constituted as a registered charity . Its objectives are to 'advance, promote and maintain health and healthcare of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of any kind, all for the public benefit.'
15-459: Manor Ground may refer to: Manor Ground (Oxford) , home stadium of Oxford United FC between 1925 and 2001 Manor Ground (Plumstead) , home stadium of Woolwich Arsenal FC between 1888 & 1890, and 1893 & 1913 Manor Ground (Bexhill-on-Sea) , a cricket ground at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-452: A new flagship hospital in London's Bryanston Square , at a cost of over half a million pounds. The trust ran all sites on a strictly self-supporting, though non-profit-making, basis. Charges from patients were expected to cover not only operating costs but repairs and depreciation. By 1982, NHHT had grown to 31 hospitals and 1,076 beds. In 1983, the trading name was changed to Nuffield Hospitals,
45-593: A private provider, fees are charged to patients. In 2022, Nuffield Health had an annual gross income of £1.238 billion, making it the second largest charity operating in the UK. Nuffield Health operates 250 facilities including 31 private hospitals (29 in England, one in Glasgow, Scotland and a joint venture, Cardiff & Vale, Wales), 113 fitness and wellbeing centres across the UK, and five medical centres. On 14 January 1957,
60-588: A single brand, governance and management structure. The acquisition in 2014 of a further nine health clubs from Virgin Active , LA Fitness in Chester and in 2015, a further two sites in London (CityPoint, Moorgate and Market Sports, Shoreditch) broadened the Nuffield Health national network of Fitness & Wellbeing Gyms to 77 branches. In 2016, Nuffield Health acquired 35 Virgin Active clubs. Unconfirmed rumours put
75-601: The 'nursing homes' element no longer conveyed the focus on modern hospitals rather than nursing homes. A new direction was taken in 2005, when Tweed Park and Sona Fitness were acquired and merged to become Proactive Health, a new business arm providing clinical health services to public and corporate members. In 2007, Cannons Health & Fitness was acquired increasing services to include physiotherapy, weight management and health assessments. In July 2008, Nuffield Hospitals, Proactive Health and Cannons merged to become Nuffield Health, connecting fitness, prevention and treatment under
90-675: The British United Provident Association ( BUPA ) established the Nursing Homes Charitable Trust to acquire and build community facilities equipped for the demands of modern medicine. In 1957 the President of BUPA, William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield , suggested the charity might benefit from incorporating his name so was re-registered as the Nuffield Nursing Homes Trust (NNHT). At this time
105-571: The Manor Ground was unsuitable for conversion into an all-seater stadium, so the club decided to move to a purpose-built all-seater stadium (later to be named the Kassam Stadium ) on the outskirts of the city, on land near the Blackbird Leys housing estate. Construction work began in the early part of 1997, but was suspended later that year because of the club's financial problems. Construction of
120-654: The Trust purchased the Strathallan nursing home in Bournemouth for £23,150. It was closed for ten months to be refurbished and reopened as the first Nuffield Hospital. In its first ten years, the Trust acquired and modernised a total of six dilapidated nursing homes and built seven new ones, together providing more than 400 beds. The earliest purpose-built hospital opened at Woking in 1962; others followed at Exeter , Shrewsbury , Hull , Birmingham and Slough . In 1966, NNHT opened
135-405: The club finished bottom of Division Two with 27 points and were relegated to Division Three , their lowest standing in 35 years. The stadium was later demolished and is now the site of The Manor Hospital, a private hospital owned and operated by Nuffield Health . This article about an English sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nuffield Health As
150-410: The company formed a partnership with Doctor Care Anywhere , an online primary care provider, which allow their corporate clients to offer employees 20-minute virtual GP appointments, at any time between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. to suit their convenience, whether they are in the UK or abroad. The Nuffield Health gym at Canary Wharf closed on 30 November 2023, reducing the total number of gyms in
165-498: The new stadium resumed in 1999 following a takeover deal and Oxford moved there in 2001. The last league match at the Manor, on 1 May 2001, was a 1–1 draw with Port Vale . Andy Scott opened the scoring after 82 minutes as the Us looked set for a final home victory, but a minute from the end Tony Naylor equalised. Oxford's final season at the Manor Ground was one of the worst in their history:
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#1732851581294180-592: The title Manor Ground . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manor_Ground&oldid=766464137 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Manor Ground (Oxford) 51°45′38″N 1°12′55″W / 51.76056°N 1.21528°W / 51.76056; -1.21528 The Manor Ground
195-535: The value of the acquisition at £80 million. Nuffield Health received planning permission in 2016 to build a new hospital on a 5-acre (2 ha) site adjacent to the Manchester Royal Infirmary . In 2016, Nuffield Health announced their acquisition of cognitive behavioural therapy services into their health and wellbeing services, offering emotional wellbeing services across Britain within fitness and wellbeing gyms and hospitals. In October 2016,
210-599: Was Cuckoo Lane (north) and on the fourth side was the Osler Road stand (east). In 1966, with the demolition of Sandfield Cottage, a new entrance to the ground was created onto London Road. With the advent of the 1990s and the Taylor Report , the Manor Ground's terracing was rapidly becoming antiquated, and it gained a reputation amongst fans as one of the more dilapidated stadiums in English professional football. The location of
225-559: Was a football stadium in Oxford , England, the home of Oxford United (previously known as Headington United) between 1925 and 2001. It hosted United's record crowd of 22,750 against Preston North End in an FA Cup 6th Round match on 29 February 1964. The main seating stand was the Beech Road stand (on the west), the 'home' terracing was the London Road stand (south), the 'away' terracing
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