Patients ‘owed money’ as private healthcare company goes into liquidation

Patients said they were owed money after a private healthcare company went into liquidation.

Summerfield Healthcare, based in Shrewsbury, said on its website it had ceased trading.

One patient told BBC News they turned up for a surgical procedure only to find its premises in Birmingham empty.

The company also treated patients at premises in Wolverhampton and Cardiff.

It was one of a number of healthcare companies under the directorship of Dr Stephen Grant Charlesworth-Jones, headquartered in Charlesworth Court, Shrewsbury.

Summerfield Healthcare’s website stated the company was in liquidation and that liquidators would be appointed in the next 14 days.

“Very sadly, after eight years and our greatest efforts, especially in the last year, a significant rise in operational costs coupled with a significant reduction in demand for direct paying private healthcare patients have caused Summerfield Healthcare to become financially unviable and our clinics have closed,” it said.

“Staff are eligible for the Government redundancy scheme and the appointed liquidators are legally responsible for all financial matters henceforth.”

Summerfield Healthcare has been contacted for comment.