Planning permission granted for new £63m hospital

Spire Healthcare has been granted planning permission to develop its new £63m state-of-the-art hospital in West Didsbury, South Manchester.The company, which recently announced operating profit of £114.1m on turnover of £856m (see story on page 21), announced plans last year to develop a state-of-the-art hospital on Siemens’ newly proposed technology and healthcare business park in…