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01 February 2012
Circle and Hinchingbrooke hospital start historic partnership

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust and Circle today start their historic partnership, in the first time ever that an independent provider will operate an entire NHS hospital.

08 December 2011
Office of Fair Trading Rule in Circle's Favour

Circle welcomes the OFT's decision to refer the private healthcare market to the Competition Commission following its market study. The OFT's market study was initiated in response to a formal complaint from Circle on the anti-competitive nature of the private healthcare market in September 2010.

10 November 2011
Circle signs historic Hinchingbrooke contract

Circle, the employee co-owned partnership, has today signed a ground-breaking contract to run Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust in Huntingdonshire for ten years.

09 October 2011
CircleBath best patient experience guarantee

For the first time ever in the UK, a hospital is guaranteeing patient experience with a money-back scheme. Circle are promising patients who visit their hospital in Bath the best possible experience, and offering to reimburse patients if they are let down.

05 September 2011
CircleBath pioneers new knee replacement technology

A brand new technology, which enables surgeons to custom-fit a knee replacement to match the patient’s own natural alignment, is being pioneered at CircleBath.

21 July 2011
Milestone for CircleReading construction

July saw an important milestone - topping out our new hospital in Reading - when the last piece of the roof was installed on site. A small ceremony was held on 21 July to commemorate this achievement and internal construction work will now commence.

24 January 2011
Construction underway at CircleReading

Reading West MP Alok Sharma recently visited the site for the new CircleReading hospital to inspect plans for the five-theatre hospital.

25 November 2010
Circle to run first franchised NHS trust

In an historic move, Circle has been chosen to run the first NHS hospital to be franchised to an employee co-owned partnership - Hinchingbrooke NHS trust in Huntingdon.

09 December 2010
Circle secures £50M funding for second new-build hospital

In a deal that signals a breakthrough in the UK development finance freeze, £50m funding has been secured to purchase land and finance construction for Circle's second new-build hospital - CircleReading.

14 October 2010
CircleBath Wins Best Building

CircleBath won Best Building in the £3-£50m category at the 2010 British Construction Industry Awards, beating off stiff competition from the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the United Kingdom Supreme Court and 23 Savile Row, Mayfair.

01 October 2010
Ali Parsa wins 'Entrepreneurial Achievement' Award

Circle's Chief Executive, Dr. Ali Parsa, won the 'Entrepreneurial Achievement Award' at the 2010 Independent Healthcare Awards.

20 September 2010
CircleBath offers wide range NHS services

NHS patients can now choose to be treated at Circle's state-of-the-art hospital, CircleBath, for a wide range of treatments. CircleBath combines award-winning building design with high quality clinical care and five-star hospitality.

14 September 2010
CircleBath Launches Hip Unit

Circle has brought together a group of leading Hip Surgeons from across the South-West region to create a centre of excellence at CircleBath.