Welcome to Nuffield Health, the UK’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organisation*.
As a not-for-profit with no shareholders, we invest all our income back into our family of award-winning 37 hospitals, 114 fitness and wellbeing clubs, healthcare clinics, over 200 workplace wellbeing services, as well as developing flagship collaborations supporting our communities – all to realise our vision to build a healthier nation.
What makes us unique is our unrivalled award winning and industry leading network of health and wellbeing services. Only Nuffield Health has the wide-ranging expertise to provide connected care. We attract some of the best people in their specialist fields, who take a personalised approach so we can provide the best possible care and support now and in the future – wherever they are on their journey. All for the public benefit. So, it’s no surprise that we’re trusted by the NHS, Private Medical Insurers, employers and the general public to provide exceptional health and wellbeing services to the nation.
We’re committed to our vision of building a healthier nation.
Welcome to Nuffield Health. Specialists in you.
* Nuffield Health is a Registered Charity. Our objective is 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. Registered Charity Numbers 205533 (England and Wales) and SC041793 (Scotland).
We’re a worker-owned co-operative and charitable social enterprise that helps local people across the UK lead healthier, happier lives.
Our journey began in 1993 as a groundbreaking co-operative initiative in Greenwich, where we became one of the UK’s first leisure services to spin out from local authority control into an independent charitable social enterprise. This innovative model combined commercial efficiency with strong social purpose, creating a template that would reshape public service delivery across the UK.
Today, we manage almost 400 public service facilities nationwide, including leisure centres, libraries and cultural venues. We’ve maintained our commitment to social value while continuously adapting to meet evolving community needs. Because our staff have a stake in the organisation as a co-operative, they are directly invested in its success. We're also proud to offer good job opportunities with fair pay, excellent career development, and apprenticeships, particularly in parts of the UK where these opportunities are most needed.
Our impact extends beyond traditional leisure services to encompass public health, education and cultural engagement. Through strategic partnerships with local authorities, NHS England, and national organisations, we’ve pioneered evidence-based approaches that deliver measurable social value while maintaining financial sustainability. For over 30 years, we have sought to challenge ‘the norm’ and to show how values-driven, social entrepreneurship can work effectively with government, health professionals, sport and library leaders.
Our track record in leisure operations demonstrates our devotion to the task of delivering high quality services together with our local authority partners. We are well versed in the delivery of value for money in an increasingly competitive market as well as increasing participation in the locality. We also focus on colleague development and management skill to ensure consistent delivery of our products and services on a community level.
With over 30 years experience managing local authority leisure contracts and with over 240 managed sites, our company is the longest established in the UK. We currently work in partnership with more than 65 local authorities who are all focused on delivering the best service to their communities and they trust us to be a part of their team. Why?
Our approach recognises that in order to be a credible and effective partner, we must be able to deliver the Council's own specific leisure strategies, something we are proud to be involved with and contributing to very successfully.
Our customer brand, Everyone Active, constantly builds the communities awareness of activity, from ensuring that they use excellent facilities to offering them the best value for money there is.