Becoming a Partner

Becoming a Welbeck Clinician Partner means joining a community of leading specialists who work together to build something genuinely different in the UK's independent healthcare market.

Our partnership model places clinicians at the heart of every decision - from designing the centre and shaping pathways to governing the joint venture and sharing in its long-term success.

This is a co-ownership, shared governance, shared accountability, and shared reward model, which means:

You co-design a centre of excellence

• the layout, patient flow, diagnostics, theatres, recovery, and outpatient pathways are all shaped in collaboration with you and your specialty group

• each facility is purpose-built to improve efficiency, quality, and patient experience

You join a clinician-led partnership

• partners hold 49% of every Welbeck joint venture

• specialty groups self-govern membership, ownership and performance

• partners elect their own board representatives to influence strategic decisions

You participate in the centre’s success

• have full accountability and influence to effect how the facility develops and operates services for their patients

• share in the clinical and commercial success of the facility through regularly paid returns based on shareholding

You help build a culture of collaboration

• subspecialists work together across shared pathways

• groups align on quality, guidelines, and clinical excellence standards

• cross-referral structures ensure patients always see the right expert

You become part of something long-term

• partnership enables clinicians to shape the future of private care in their region

• ownership can be transferred or sold when you retire, creating meaningful capital value