Business electricity for healthcare

A dental group we work with operates twelve practices across the South West. Each one had been on a different supplier inherited from when the practice joined the group. Renewal dates were scattered, contract types inconsistent, no consolidated view at finance level.

Healthcare electricity is shaped by reliability requirements and continuous demand. Hospitals and larger sites run 24/7 with sterilisation, HVAC, refrigeration for medications, and increasing IT load. Smaller practices (dental, GP, optometry) follow a more conventional working-hours pattern but still need consistent supply.

This page covers how we help UK healthcare providers review their electricity contracts. The mechanics of switching are in our business electricity switching guide. Our business electricity service covers the open UK market across every commercial sector.

How we help healthcare operators

We pull every site’s electricity bill, MPAN, contract terms and renewal dates into a single view. For hospital sites we look at half-hourly profile, capacity and reactive power. For smaller practices the focus is on contract type and rate, plus coordinating across multi-site groups.

Why healthcare electricity is different

Reliability and dual-supply arrangements

Hospital sites and larger clinics often have dual feeds from the DNO for resilience, plus on-site backup generation. The retail electricity contract sits on top of those arrangements. The supplier switch doesn’t affect physical resilience. It changes the billing and contract terms.

Multi-site healthcare groups

Dental groups, GP federations and private healthcare chains rarely have central electricity procurement. We coordinate portfolio switches onto one supplier with one renewal cycle. Simplifies admin without disrupting any clinical operations.

How a healthcare electricity review works