Nuffield Health Hospital – Glasgow

Service overview

Service type: Hospital

Registration status: Registered

Based in Glasgow, Nuffield Health Hospital – Glasgow is an independent hospital.  

Further information about the hospital and the services it provides can be found by contacting the service.

Information about the conditions of registration and inspection reports is below. 

Non-urgent advice: Service details

Main point of contact: Samuel Benjamin Hopper
25 Beaconsfield Road
Glasgow
G12 0PJ

Non-urgent advice: Service provider

The service provider is Nuffield Health Ltd, a private healthcare service with headquarters in Epsom.
Epsom Gateway
Ashley Avenue
Epsom
Surrey
KT18 5AL

Conditions of registration

  1. The provider will operate an independent hospital. 
  1. The service will operate 24hrs Monday to Sunday. 
  1. The provider must only allow medical and surgical assessment and treatment in an in-patient hospital environment. 
  1. The provider must not allow more than 33 in-patient places and 3 day-case places.  
  1. The provider must not allow more than 50 surgical procedures per day.  
  1. The provider must not allow the provision of dental treatments (including dental hygiene treatments, dental implants, tooth whitening and orthodontics).  
  1. The provider must not allow the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products.  
  1. The provider must not prescribe medication for patients introduced by an unregulated third-party organisation whereby the established governance structures prohibit, or indirectly restrict, the service being able to communicate directly, either virtual or in person, with the service user.  
  1. The provider must only treat service users aged 16 or over. 
  1. The provider must not allow children under the age of 18 to be present during any consultations, treatments or procedures unless they are the service user.  
  1. The provider must ensure that patients under the age of 16 are not treated as day case patients. 
  1. The provider must only consult and examine patients between the ages of 1-15 years on an out-patient basis.  
  1. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.  
  1. The provider must ensure that staff possess the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience and that they are provided in sufficient numbers to ensure the safety and welfare of patients, the public and wider workforce.  
  1. The provider must ensure that staff requiring to be registered by a professional regulating body are actively registered.   
  1. The provider must ensure a registered medical officer is present in the service at all times.  
  1. The provider must only treat patients individually; group treatments are not permitted.  
  1. The provider must not allow service users to consume alcohol while in receipt of health care.  
  1. The provider must not allow animals or pets in the area where the treatments are provided, except for service animals.  

Inspection reports

Report published: 13 November 2023
Inspection date: 08 August 2023
Inspection type: Unannounced

Previous inspection reports

  • Nuffield Hospital Glasgow – independent healthcare inspection report: November 2020
  • Nuffield Hospital Glasgow – independent healthcare inspection report: September 2018
  • Nuffield Hospital Glasgow – independent healthcare inspection report: February 2017
  • Nuffield Hospital Glasgow – independent healthcare inspection report: May 2015
  • Nuffield Hospital Glasgow – independent healthcare inspection report: June 2014
  • Nuffield Hospital Glasgow – independent healthcare inspection report: December 2012

If you would like a copy of a previous inspection report, please email his.ihcregulation@nhs.scot