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BUZZ-Spire Healthcare: poised for worst day since IPO, outlook weighs

** Spire Healthcare (LSE: SPI.L - news) slumps more than 13 pct on expectations of near-term weakness in NHS demand for the year

** Stock, poised for the worst day since its IPO last July,

pares nearly the entire gains over the past month

** Top loser on FTSE-250 Midcap Index and FTSE All Share Health Care Index

** Investec (LSE: INVP.L - news) says NHS sales growth of 14.1 pct was disappointing

** The brokerage expected strong volumes but these do not appear to have materialized

** Spire Healthcare says it will pay maiden dividend of 1.3p

** Nearly half of Spire (Stuttgart: SIZ.SG - news) 's daily average volume traded in the first 30 minutes of trade (aashika.jain@thomsonreuters.com)