About Spencer Private Hospitals

Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd (SPH) is a private hospital in East Kent, which offers over 200 private treatments and surgeries. Our three hospitals and head office are all located within the beautiful county of Kent.

Unique amongst private healthcare providers, we are a Private Limited Company and a fully owned subsidiary of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, with sites in:

  • Ashford (William Harvey Hospital)
  • Canterbury (Kent & Canterbury Hospital)
  • Margate (Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital)

With a reputation for excellent clinical care and access to expert Consultants, Spencer Private Hospitals offer a safe and supportive environment in which to have your treatment. Our coverage of treatments is extensive, including  general and plastic surgery, physiotherapy and dentistry. At Spencer Hospitals, we provide the best possible facilities. The co-location of each site within Trust facilities affords patients and their families the unique reassurance and support that an NHS Foundation Trust offers.

Our Consultants cover a wide range of specialities, and have extensive experience gained within both the NHS and the private sector. They are committed to providing first class standards of care and are available twenty-four hours a day to support Spencer Private Hospitals’ high calibre and proficient staff.

Locations

Below is an interactive map showing the location of our hospitals. For directions, you can click on the respective location and then the arrow symbol on the right. This will open Google Maps with the hospital location pre-loaded into the destination, all you need to do is choose your starting point.

Ashford

The Spencer Private Hospitals in Ashford is located within the Arundel Unit of the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford (WHH).

  • Excellent infection control rates (see Quality Accounts)
  • Exemplary standards of cleanliness
  • Wi-Fi Access
  • Car parking available onsite

The facility has five consulting rooms, a treatment room and audiology services in partnership with Hearbase. We are also able to offer outpatient Physiotherapy. Ashford also has 4 small en-suite bedrooms located within the William Harvey Hospital.

Our Consultant base enables us to offer outpatient appointments in all of the major specialties including Ear Nose and Throat, Maxillo Facial, Ophthalmology, Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Allergy, General Surgery, Urology, Pain and Orthopaedics.

Please click on the link for our recent Care Quality Commission Report CQC for our Ashford hospital.

Canterbury

The Spencer Private Hospitals in Canterbury is located within the Emergency Care facility at Kent & Canterbury Hospital (KCH), with the entrance located immediately left of the Minor Injuries unit with an intercom to gain access.

In November 2019 we opened our new location at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital (KCH), following our successful registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). This expansion comes as a result of increased demand as well as an identified need to make our services easily accessible to all.

The new outpatient facility offers private consultations in Orthopaedics, Urology, Gynaecology, Rheumatology, HCOOP, General Surgery and Healthscreening.

Margate

The Spencer Private Hospitals in Margate is located on the grounds of The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (QEQM) Hospital in its own unit with its own carpark and entrance (located on the Ramsgate Road side of the hospital). The Spencer Private Hospitals in Margate has been providing private healthcare services to the people of East Kent for over twenty years and in that time has built an excellent reputation for providing high standards of care.

The hospital consists of twenty-two en-suite bedrooms, five consulting rooms and an endoscopy suite.

The unit has its own High Dependency Unit and access to Intensive Care facilities.

  • Excellent infection control rates (see Quality Accounts)
  • Exemplary standards of cleanliness
  • Single en-suite rooms with their own TV, DVD and Wi-Fi access
  • On site caterers provide fresh food every day
  • Free Parking.* (*For self-paying and insured patients)

Please click on the link for our recent Care Quality Commission Report (CQC) for our Margate hospital.

Spencer Private Hospitals History

Our flagship hospital is in Margate, opening in October 1998, owned and operated by East Kent Medical Services Limited. Hosting twenty-two private beds, Margate is situated on the site of the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital. Ten years later, we opened our Ashford Spencer Private Hospitals on the grounds of the William Harvey Hospital in November 2008. The most recent addition to Spencer Private Hospitals belongs to Canterbury, which opened in November 2019, located on the Kent and Canterbury Hospital grounds. 

All three hospitals have a reputation for providing excellent medical and surgical facilities supported by Specialist Consultants, Specialist Nurses and Physiotherapists. We have state of the art diagnostic equipment and exceptionally high standards of nursing care.

Our Mission Statement

At Spencer Private Hospitals, we want to provide a range of acute surgical and medical services to outpatients and inpatients to the residents of East Kent, providing such services with the highest possible quality standards.

  • We want to promote a culture of openness to improve patient safety and the quality of our healthcare system. 
  • To respect the personal needs and dignity of our patients through an active customer care programme.
  • Continuously develop and train our staff in order to maintain a motivated workforce. 

Who is our CEO at Spencer Private Hospitals? 

Our CEO, Geoff Bailey, has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, having spent time at GSK Plc and Bayer AG. Joining Spencer Hospitals in November 2022, Geoff brings with him his global knowledge and experience to how we deliver the best service.

Our senior management team boasts an incredible level of expertise that helps to run Spencer Hospitals, alongside our incredible staff body including our Specialist Consultants, we can assure you’re in the best hands.

Our Awards

Doctify

Gold Standard

Patient Testimonials

We are incredibly proud of our patient care quality and service at Spencer Private Hospitals. Some of our patient’s feedback includes: 

"Amazing experience from start to finish, everyone was so kind and reassuring, very friendly and helpful as well" - Verified Patient - 14 Mar 2025

"Really clean hospital, all the staff were so lovely and the room was great, would really recommend." - Verified Patient - 24 Feb 2025

"All staff were friendly and happy to help, well maintained building." - Verified Patient - 24 Feb 2025

"The whole team were amazing and incredibly kind and helpful." - Verified Patient - 16 Nov 2024

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