HCRG Care Group
a care company
HCRG Care Group is a private provider of community health and social services in parts of the United Kingdom, commissioned by the National Health Service and by local authorities in England.
Founded in 2007 as Assura Medical, the company became majority-owned by the Virgin Group in 2010 and was known as Virgin Care. In December 2021, it was acquired by Twenty20 Capital and rebranded under its current name.
History
The company originated in around 2007 as the Assura Medical division of property company Assura Group. A majority share was purchased by Virgin Group in 2010, and by 2012 it was a separate company under the Virgin Care brand.
Until October 2012, each GP provider company was 50% owned by the surgery GPs and 50% by Virgin, and these companies were run by a board consisting of locally elected GPs and one Virgin representative. 358 surgeries were listed as being involved in mid-2012.
In October 2012 the company announced that it would be taking over all jointly owned GP-provider companies, in order to avoid any conflict of interest arising in respect of contracts with clinical commissioning groups. Following this change, the company made bids for contracts put out by these clinical commissioning groups, NHS England and local authorities, and has contracts stretching for more than a decade with a total potential value (as of 2018) of £2bn.
In December 2021, the company was acquired for an undisclosed sum by Twenty20 Capital, a privately owned investor in companies that provide workforce management and recruitment services.
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