WAdvanced Computer Software Group Ltd. is a Private British company founded by Vin Murria in 2008 with its main headquarters based in Slough, Berkshire. It provides Information Technology services including hosting and cloud based systems to the NHS and many other organisations. Through various acquisitions, in 2016 it became the third largest software provider in the UK market while employing over 2,400 people with a customer base of more than 20,000 organisations. Later in the year it would go on to rebrand itself to "Advanced" while opening a new central headquarters in Birmingham's Mailbox.
WAny Qualified Provider is a contractual system within the NHS internal market of the English National Health Service. The system was introduced under the Labour administration in 2009/10 when it was called "Any Willing Provider" - The policy continued and was accelerated under the newly formed coalition Government and changed its name in 2011 to become "Any Qualified Provider." Its implementation was achieved through the NHS operating framework and a strong central team based in the Department of Health that supported and oversaw local implementation. It did not require any statutory instrument to achieve its aims and was often incorrectly considered to be part of the reforms associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
WBarchester Healthcare Ltd is an independent care provider in the United Kingdom, running over 250 care homes and seven registered hospitals across the country. The organisation employs over 17,000 staff in care homes which offer residential and nursing care. The organisation's head office is located in Finsbury Square, London. It also has offices in Berkhamsted, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes, Wiltshire and Inverness.
WBMI Healthcare is an independent provider of private healthcare, offering treatment to private patients, medically insured patients, and NHS patients. As of 2019, it has 54 private hospitals and healthcare facilities across the UK, with headquarters in London. In December 2019, it was acquired by Circle Health.
WBupa is an international health insurance and healthcare group with over 31 million customers worldwide.
WCarillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation - officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK" - which began in January 2018.
WCompass Group plc is a British multinational contract foodservice company headquartered in Chertsey, England. It is the largest contract foodservice company in the world employing over 500,000 people. It serves meals in locations including offices and factories, schools, universities, hospitals, major sports and cultural venues, mining camps, correctional facilities and offshore oil platforms. Compass Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is also a Fortune Global 500 company.
WCreative Support is a Manchester-based charity which works with adults with learning difficulties and mental health issues providing supported housing and community services.
WEllern Mede is a specialist private provider of eating disorder services in England. It runs two hospitals in North London and one in Rotherham. The hospital in Warwick Road, Barnet opened in 2017. The service takes referrals from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for children with anorexia.
WG4S is a British multinational private security company headquartered in London, England. The company was set up in 2004 when London-based Securicor amalgamated with Danish firm Group 4 Falck. The company offers a range of services, including the supply of security personnel, monitoring equipment, response units and secure prisoner transportation. G4S also works with governments overseas to deliver security services.
WHospedia Ltd is a provider of bedside communication and entertainment units in UK hospitals, as well as clinical work flow solutions.
WInterserve is a British multinational construction business based in Reading, Berkshire. Before going into administration in 2019, the group generated revenue of £2.7 billion and had a workforce of 68,000 people worldwide in 2018.
WKIMS Hospital is the largest independent private hospital in Kent. It is situated in Maidstone and treats privately insured, self-funding and NHS patients. It is situated on the Kent Medical Campus, off Junction 7 of the M20 Motorway.
WMedtronic plc is an American-Irish registered medical device company that primarily operates in the United States. Medtronic has an operational and executive headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the US. In 2015, Medtronic acquired Irish–tax registered Covidien, in the largest U.S. corporate tax inversion in history, which enabled Medtronic to move its legal registration from the U.S. to Ireland. Medtronic operates in 140 countries and employs over 104,950 people.
WNetcare is a South African health care company. It is the largest provider of private healthcare in both South Africa and the United Kingdom. It acquired a controlling stake in the UK's General Healthcare Group in 2006, and provides services to the National Health Service via its subsidiary General Healthcare Group. The current chairman is Thevendrie Brewer.
WNSL, formerly known as NCP, was formed in Spring 2007 by the demerger of NCP into two separate businesses. It provides parking services, bus and coach operations, city centre CCTV monitoring, back office processing, streetscape consultancy and debt recovery.
WThe Phoenix Partnership (Leeds) Ltd is a software company based in Horsforth, Leeds. It develops and supplies clinical software including SystmOne.
WThe Priory Group is a provider of mental health care facilities in the United Kingdom. The group operates at more than 500 sites with over 7,000 beds. Its flagship hospital is the Priory Hospital, Roehampton, which is best known for treating celebrities particularly for drug addiction. The Priory Group also manages schools, some for students with autism spectrum disorders through Priory Education and Children’s Services. Some of its facilities are run by its subsidiary Partnerships in Care. In January 2019 it opened its first overseas school in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge.
WRamsay Health Care UK is a healthcare company based in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Australian businessman Paul Ramsay, who established its parent company: Ramsay Health Care, in Sydney, Australia, in 1964 and has grown to become a global hospital group operating 151 hospitals and day surgery facilities across Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Indonesia and Malaysia.
WRentokil Initial is a British business services group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
WSt Joseph's Hospital is one of the largest privately owned hospitals in Wales. It is situated on Harding Avenue, Malpas, Newport.
WSerco Group plc is a British company with headquarters based in Hook, Hampshire, England. Serco primarily derives income as a contractor for the provision of government services, most prominently in the sectors of health, transport, justice, immigration, defence and citizens services.
WSodexo is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. It has 428,237 employees as of 2019 and a presence in 80 countries.
WSpecsavers Optical Group Ltd is a British multinational optical retail chain, which operates mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australasia and the Nordic countries. The chain offers optician services for eyesight testing and sells glasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses. It also sells hearing aids. In the United Kingdom in 2012 it had the largest single market share of the four major opticians, with 42% of the market.
WSpire Healthcare plc is the second largest provider of private healthcare in the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
WVarian Medical Systems is an American radiation oncology treatments and software maker based in Palo Alto, California. Their medical devices include linear accelerators (LINACs) and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company supplies software for managing cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers, and medical oncology practices. Varian Medical Systems employs more than 7,100 people at manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and China and approximately 70 sites globally.
WVirgin Care was a British private provider of publicly funded community health and social services, and had been commissioned by the National Health Service and Local Authorities in England since 2010. The company was acquired by Twenty20 Capital in December 2021, becoming HCRG Care Group.