Large scale healthcare services M&A has been mostly on hold in Europe for almost three years now. Despite all the economic and geopolitical uncertainty the world is currently facing, 2025 will probably see more activity.
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How Italy’s Humanitas Medical Care is aiming to “revolutionise” healthcare — an interview with Stefano Bison, CEO
Stefano Bison is CEO of Humanitas Medical Care, the outpatient division of Italy’s Humanitas Group. In an interview with HBI, he explained the group's new model of holistic, longevity-focused and personalised outpatient care.
March 20, 2025
Circle’s new Middle Eastern owners boot out CEO and CFO
Circle Health Group, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, is undergoing a major management change. A spokesperson confirmed to HBI that the group’s CEO, CFO and General Counsel have all received the sack, as part of a strategy by its new UAE-based owners to “realise synergies” and “re-focus the business”.
March 20, 2025
Sanoptis gets €250m from Carlyle to fund M&A
Pan-European German ophthalmology group Sanoptis has raised €250 million from US private equity firm Carlyle to fund its growth and expansion through “strategic acquisitions”.
March 20, 2025
HBI’s Healthcare Property Special Report 2025
HBI's Healthcare Property Report 2025 is roughly double the length of last year's report. As well as an update on the state of Europe's healthcare real estate investment market, the report features deep dives into the care home sector, the assisted living sector and the cure sector, and case study interviews with six different specialist healthcare real estate investors. And, like last year, it also includes a section on the work real estate investors are doing to make their buildings ESG-friendly.
March 17, 2025
FREE BLOG Standout themes from this year’s Healthcare Property Report
We are soon to release our 2025 Healthcare Property Report. Last year we released our first Special Report on Europe’s healthcare real estate market. This year’s report is structured similarly to last year’s, covering the latest market developments and deep dives into different sub sectors, but at roughly double the length of last year’s, it is substantially more indepth and features more case study interviews with specialist healthcare real estate investors.
March 13, 2025
UK REITs Assura and Care REIT both being bought out by US investors
Two of the UK’s largest listed specialist healthcare real estate investors are being bought out and taken private by US investors. Assura looks as though it is about to accept a fifth offer from US private equity firm KKR. Care REIT (formerly Impact Healthcare REIT) has accepted a takeover offer from US care home REIT CareTrust.
March 13, 2025
HBI Deals+Insights briefing March 2025: Intelligence members
Click here to download your March 2025 Deals+Insights briefing. In March’s issue we cover Germany’s election, asking what impact it might have for private healthcare, the UK House of Lords vote on exempting the care sector from national insurance tax increases, and the intervention by Australia’s government into the battle between Australian insurers and private […]
March 10, 2025
HBI Deals+Insights briefing March 2025: Deals+Insights members
Click here to download your March 2025 Deals+Insights briefing. In March’s issue we cover Germany’s election, asking what impact it might have for private healthcare, the UK House of Lords vote on exempting the care sector from national insurance tax increases, and the intervention by Australia’s government into the battle between Australian insurers and private […]
March 10, 2025
Clariane’s 2024 results boost share price
The share price of listed pan-European French elderly care group Clariane shot up 33% last week, after the release of 2024 results showing a return to profitability.
March 3, 2025
Activos presents elderly care roadmap at European Parliament
Spain-based pan-European REIT Healthcare Activos has presented a “strategic roadmap” for expanding Europe’s elderly care capacity to MEPs at the European Parliament, given that the continent’s 80+ population will roughly double by 2050.
March 3, 2025
Four Seasons sells remaining 46 care homes for £241m
UK care home group Four Seasons has found buyers for the opco and propco of its 46 remaining care homes, bringing to an end the years-long liquidation process for what used to be the UK’s largest private elderly care home provider.
