ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

22 December 2020

RAMSAY HEALTH CARE ENTERS INTO NEW AGREEMENT WITH NHS ENGLAND

Ramsay Health Care (Ramsay) (ASX: RHC) announced today that it has signed a new volume based agreement with NHS England (NHS) which makes its services available to the NHS and its patients to meet the ongoing demands resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Ramsay will be able to continue providing private patient activity.

The new agreement will replace the existing cost recovery agreement with NHS which completes on 31 December 2020. The new agreement comes into effect on 1 January 2021 and will expire on 31 March 2021, unless terminated earlier on 6 weeks' notice. The NHS may trigger a Peak Surge Period on 7 days' notice should Ramsay's capacity be required to enable the NHS to respond to COVID-19 cases. In these circumstances, the affected hospitals will be paid on a cost recovery basis.

Contact:

Kelly Hibbins

Group Head of Investor Relations Ramsay Health Care

+61 9220 1034

+61 414 609 192 HibbinsK@ramsayhealth.com

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