Strategic Agreement with HSS

Tribal Group PLC
18 April 2005



Tribal Group plc
18 April 2005

      TRIBAL GROUP ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH NEW YORK'S HOSPITAL
                              FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
                                        
Tribal Group plc ('Tribal') and the Hospital for Special Surgery ('HSS'), New
York's leading orthopaedic hospital, today announce the signing of a strategic
agreement to underline their commitment to the delivery of healthcare in the UK.

The alliance will see HSS supporting Tribal Group's wholly owned subsidiary,
Mercury Health, in the development of its treatment centre business and in
bidding for the second wave of NHS contracts.

The agreement includes the provision by HSS of advisory services and best
practice, as well as the transfer of knowledge in the area of orthopaedics. This
transfer of knowledge will be supported by an exchange programme between Mercury
Health staff and HSS staff.

The key focal areas of the agreement are patient education, advice on care
pathways, infection control and physiotherapy. HSS will also provide access to
operating processes and protocols, as well as clinical operating data.

HSS Chief Executive Officer and President, John Reynolds, who has previously
overseen the knowledge transfer of HSS's best practices in patient care and
treatment protocols for hip and knee replacements to a NHS orthopaedic centre in
London, will lead the HSS team working with and advising Mercury Health.

The strategic agreement follows a £214 million contract win by Mercury Health in
December 2004 to design, set up and manage a regional network of five treatment
centres in the South of England. These new treatment centres will perform a
range of in-patient and daycase elective surgery and diagnostic procedures for
non-acute conditions.

Henry Pitman, Chief Executive of Tribal, said:

'The strategic agreement with HSS enhances the capabilities of our healthcare
business, Mercury Health, in the delivery of elective surgery and diagnostic
procedures in the UK. By working together, we are even better placed to bid for
the second wave of NHS contracts.'

John Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer of HSS, said:

'At HSS, we perform more than 16,000 orthopaedic surgeries a year. We have
developed protocols that improve patient outcomes and simultaneously decrease
the length of patient stays and reduce costs. We expect to develop a dialogue
around these ideas in the course of this programme and look forward to working
with Mercury Health and Tribal Group.'

END

For further information, please contact:

Henry Pitman, Chief Executive, Tribal Group     01285 886020
Simon Lawton, Group Finance Director            01285 886020

Peter Martin, Chief Executive, Mercury Health   0118 925 5811

Neil Bennett/Colin Brown, Maitland              020 7379 5151


Editors' note:

Tribal Group plc provides a range of consultancy, support and managed services
to the UK public sector. The group's core markets are in education; local
government, housing and regeneration; health and social care; and central
government. The group employs 1,900 staff in the UK. Tribal is quoted on the
London Stock Exchange (TRB.L) with forecast revenues for 2006 of over £260
million.

Links:     Tribal Group plc website: www.tribalgroup.co.uk/
           --------------------------------------------------
           Mercury Health website: www.mercuryhealth.co.uk/
           --------------------------------------------------
           Hospital for Special Surgery website: www.hss.edu/
           ----------------------------------------------------





                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange