AGM Statement

Assura Group Limited
18 May 2007

Press release

                                                              07.00  18 May 2007

                        ASSURA GROUP LIMITED ('ASSURA')

                                 AGM STATEMENT

Richard Burrell, Chief Executive Officer of Assura, the independent primary
health care provider organisation, will make the following statement at Assura's
Annual General Meeting at 2.00pm today.

'I am pleased to report that we are performing in line with our expectations for
the first half of the year.

The property division is continuing to work towards its target of £580m of
capital committed by the end of 2007 and £750m by the end of 2009.

The pharmacy division now has 12 pharmacies trading and is on target to have 20
opened by the end of 2007 and at least 30 by the end of 2008.

The medical division is beginning to provide services to patients through its
joint venture Limited Liability Partnerships with GPs in its six projects. A
Minor Surgery service has commenced in Bath and North East Somerset and 'willing
provider' status has been granted in Liverpool and Macclesfield for the
provision of Dermatology and Urology services respectively in these localities.
It is anticipated the provision of these services will commence during the
summer. Heads of Terms have now been signed for a further two joint ventures and
we are well on track to signing up GP practices covering 1.5 million patients by
the end of this calendar year.

Subject to shareholder approval being granted at today's AGM to change the
Group's year end to 31 March, we will be publishing final figures for the 15
months to 31 March 2008 and interim figures for the periods to 30 June 2007 and
30 September 2007.  We will also make a trading statement in respect of the
period to 31 December 2007. A 31 March year end is considered more appropriate
given that the NHS and most organisations linked to the NHS, including our
medical joint venture partners, adopt a March year end.

On 4 May 2007 the final dividend of 4p per ordinary share in respect of the year
ended 31 December 2006 was paid to shareholders on the register on 10 April
2007, making a total of 6p per ordinary share for the year. We intend to
maintain our progressive dividend policy and intend to pay interim dividends in
respect of the periods ending 30 June 2007 and 30 September 2007 and a final
dividend in respect of the 15 month period ending 31 March 2008.'


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For further information, please contact:

Richard Burrell / Louise Bathersby            Tony Langham/Charlotte Edgar
Assura Group Limited                          Lansons Communications
01244 893681 / 020 7107 3800                  020 7294 3617 / 020 7294 3622


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