National Health Service
Publicly-funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom
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| 2025 | Nuffield Health received the Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. |
| 2025 | Nuffield Health won the Most Effective Contribution to Integrated Health and Care award at the HSJ Partnership Awards. |
| November 17 2024 | The Nuffield Health gym at Merton Abbey was closed, reducing the total number of gyms in the chain to 110. |
| June 2024 | Sold to Inspirit Franklin Holdings Ltd. |
| February 2024 | Wilmington announced intention to sell the HSJ brand to align with its core governance, risk and compliance portfolio. |
| 2023 | Nuffield Health achieved a group turnover of £1.358 billion, becoming the second largest charity operating in the UK. In the same year, the organization's community programmes delivered £100 million in Social Value. |
| 2022 | Nuffield Health received the Healthy Community Award at the ukactive Awards. |
| 2022 | Post-pandemic, U.S. healthcare spending relative to GDP declined to 16.6%. |
| May 2022 | Nuffield Health opened a new hospital at St Bartholomew's Hospital, becoming the first independent hospital in the City of London. |
| January 2022 | The British Society of Modern Magazine Editors named Alastair McLellan Editor of the Year in the Trade & Professional category. |
| 2021 | Nuffield Health completed the acquisition of five hospitals from Aspen Healthcare, expanding its healthcare facilities. |
| 2021 | HSJ won the grand prix award for best specialist online brand and specialist editorial team of the year at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards. Alastair McLellan won editor of the year. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. healthcare spending jumped to 18.8% of GDP, primarily due to increased healthcare costs and economic contraction. |
| 2020 | Alastair McLellan was named editor of the year again. |
| 2019 | Before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. healthcare spending had risen to 17.7% of GDP. |
| 2018 | The Lancet Global Health Commission introduced a new framework emphasizing system foundations, processes, and outcomes, guided by principles of efficiency, resilience, equity, and people-centeredness. |
| January 2017 | Purchased by Wilmington plc for £19 million. |
| 2016 | Nuffield Health acquired 35 Virgin Active clubs, with unconfirmed rumors suggesting the acquisition was valued at £80 million. |
| 2016 | Nuffield Health received a Bronze Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. |
| 2016 | Nuffield Health was runner-up for Best Healthcare & Social Employer at Bloomberg Best Employers. |
| 2016 | Sue Millward won the Infection Prevention Society Practitioner of the Year award at the IPS Awards. |
| 2016 | Announced transition to digital-only format, providing insights into every NHS sector and region. |
| October 2015 | Owners announced plans to phase out print editions over the following 18 months. |
| 2014 | Nuffield Health was named Best workplace wellbeing provider at the Health Insurance Awards. |
| 2014 | HSJ was named PPA business magazine of the year. |
| 2013 | Nuffield Health was named Best workplace wellbeing provider at the Health Insurance Awards. |
| 2013 | Alastair McLellan was named editor of the year in the business media category at the Professional Publishers' Association awards. |
| 2012 | Nuffield Health was named Best workplace wellbeing provider at the Health Insurance Awards. |
| 2012 | World Health Organization's Task Force published a series of papers on developing health systems guidance, prompting researchers from the Future Health Systems consortium to argue about the 'policy implementation gap'. |
| 2011 | Nuffield Health received the Integrated Corporate Wellbeing award from Flame. |
| 2010 | Nuffield Health received the Integrated Corporate Wellbeing award from Flame and won the Management Excellence award from Laing and Buisson. |
| 2010 | The Affordable Care Act was enacted in the United States, with healthcare spending accounting for approximately 17.2% of the U.S. GDP. |
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