SSP Health

Name

SSP Health

Legal name

SSP Health

Website

https://ssphealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Care Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital Shared Services, GPOs & System Support Organizations (HLAFAAAO)

Keywords

• Primary care services
• NHS GP practice
• General practice group
• Online consultation platform
• Chronic disease management

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. NHS Primary Care Services: SSP Health provides NHS-funded GP services to registered patients. Revenue is received through NHS commissioning arrangements with Clinical Commissioning Groups (ICBs) based on patient registration numbers and performance metrics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SSP Health operates a network of more than 40 NHS GP practices across the North of England, delivering primary care services to registered patients. The group provides general consultations, chronic disease management, vaccinations, screening, mental health support, and maternity services, supported by a centralized resource model and multiple online consultation platforms, NHS App integration, and electronic prescription services.

Product overview

SSP Health is a GP practice management group operating over 40 practices across the North of England, offering a unified primary care platform. Their core offering includes NHS App-integrated GP services, multi-platform online patient triage systems (RapidHealth, Patchs, Accurx, Klinik, SystmConnect, Engage Consult), Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), and NHS-approved AI scribing tools for clinical documentation. The group provides comprehensive healthcare services including GP and nurse appointments, chronic disease management, vaccinations, screening programs, and specialist clinics across their practice network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NHS GP Practice Services Core primary care offering delivered through 40+ NHS GP practices across the North of England, providing registered patients with GP and nurse consultations, chronic disease management, vaccinations, screening programmes, mental health support, maternity services, sick/fit notes, test results handling, and referrals. Services are delivered through in-person appointments, telephone, online triage platforms, and the NHS App.
• Non-NHS Private Medical Services Chargeable services not covered by NHS funding, including travel vaccinations, medical reports and forms, private medicals, holiday cancellation certificates, and other private certificates. Fees aligned with BMA guidelines with approximately 21-day processing time.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Chemist4UminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorChemist4U is offered as an optional pharmacy partner for patients to obtain contraceptive pill supplies. The service offers convenient delivery and online ordering. Patients are not obligated to use this pharmacy as other pharmacies are available.
• General Practice SolutionsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEastfield Medical Practice works with General Practice Solutions to enhance efficiency of administrative processes, including secure processing of patient documents, medical records, referrals, and essential paperwork in accordance with data protection regulations.
• NHS Trusts/Foundation TrustscoreOthersNHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts are partner organisations for sharing patient information and coordinating care under NHS information sharing agreements.
• Clinical Commissioning Groups/Integrated Care BoardscoreOthersICBs commission NHS services from SSP Health practices and include NHS Greater Manchester, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire, NHS North East and North Cumbria.
• Patchs AIcoreTechnology or IntegrationPatchs AI provides online patient consultation platform used by SSP Health practices for patients to submit medical and administrative requests.
• AccurxcoreTechnology or IntegrationAccurx provides online contact platform enabling patients to submit non-urgent medical or admin requests to GP practices.
• Practice365coreTechnology or IntegrationPractice365 provides website platform and online services infrastructure for SSP Health practices, including NHS GP website design.
• Primary Care NetworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSSP Health practices participate in Primary Care Networks (PCNs) such as St Helens South PCN, providing enhanced access appointments including early morning, evening and weekend services, and integrated services like physio, podiatry, mental health, and social prescribing.
• LGBT FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLGBT Foundation supports the 'Pride in Practice' programme working with GP practices to ensure LGBTQIA+ communities have access to inclusive healthcare that understands and meets their needs.
• Wigan PrideminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity partnership with Wigan Pride for LGBTQIA+ health awareness and building relationships with community services for better patient signposting.
• NHS AppcoreTechnology or IntegrationNHS App provides digital access to NHS services including symptom checking, appointment booking, prescription ordering, GP record viewing, and organ donation registration.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Push Doctor: Push Doctor provides NHS-funded digital GP consultations, offering an online-only alternative to SSP Health's multi-platform online consultation integrations (Patchs, Accurx, Klinik, SystmConnect, Engage).
• Babylon Health (eMed): Babylon Health provided digital-first NHS GP services through the NHS App and Babylon 360, addressing the same NHS primary care demand that SSP Health's online triage systems target, but via a fully digital model.
• LIVI UK: LIVI is a digital GP provider partnering with NHS practices across the UK to deliver online consultations, representing a digitally-led alternative to SSP Health's hybrid in-person and online consultation model.

Direct peers

• AT Medics: AT Medics operates a large portfolio of NHS GP practices primarily in London, providing direct primary care services through multiple sites with similar NHS commissioning revenue dynamics to SSP Health.
• Modality Partnership: Modality Partnership is one of the largest GP super-partnerships in England, operating 150+ practices across multiple regions under NHS contracts with a centralised operating structure similar to SSP Health's joined-up model.
• Operose Health (now HCRG Care Group): Operose Health is the most directly comparable UK at-scale GP practice group, operating 70+ practices under NHS contracts before its acquisition by HCRG. Like SSP Health, it consolidated multiple GP practices under a centralised operating model with NHS commissioning relationships.
• The Practice Group: The Practice Group is a UK-based GP and primary care provider operating NHS practices across multiple regions, with a comparable model of centralised practice management and NHS commissioning relationships.
• DMC Healthcare: DMC Healthcare operates NHS GP practices and primary care services across the UK, providing multi-site primary care delivery under similar NHS contract structures to SSP Health.

Regional players

• Pennine GP Alliance: Pennine GP Alliance is a federation of GP practices in the North of England, operating in overlapping geography with SSP Health and providing a regional peer for primary care collaboration and Extended Access services.
• Primary Care Sheffield: Primary Care Sheffield is a GP federation operating NHS practices across South Yorkshire, providing a regional comparison point for SSP Health's North of England multi-site primary care delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/healthssp
• Facebookfacebook.com/SSPHealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ssp-health-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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