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Blackstone buys CARE Hospitals and KIMS Health

Global private equity firm Blackstone has entered the Indian hospital market with two big acquisitions. It is acquiring a 75% stake in Hyderbad-based CARE Hospitals. In a separate deal, CARE is buying a majority stake in rival group KIMS Health. The plan is to merge the two groups and create one of India's largest hospital chains. 
November 3, 2023

Workforce woes beckon in a winter of discontent

Winter is coming, and for the health care sector the end of the year could see a weary workforce and soaring costs push some groups to breaking point. HBI speaks to a selection of operators, analysts and advisers to understand how groups are planning for the potentially difficult months ahead.
November 3, 2023

UK Health Minister looks for further collaboration with independent sector

The UK's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has told for-profit operators collaborations between the NHS and private players have paved the way for them to have an increased role going forward - and that patients will be given greater opportunity to be referred to independent sector providers.
November 3, 2023

Staff “threaten to quit” UK care home giant over pay

UK nursing home operator HC-One faces a potential staffing disaster with reports that nearly 40% of its workforce is threatening an exodus over “poverty pay”. The GMB union demands a real living wage for all staff at the ‘kind care company’, however, HC-One disputes this survey figure. HBI investigates. 
November 3, 2023

Fresenius transformation “on track”, as it sells Peruvian asset

German health care conglomerate Fresenius is pushing ahead with its restructuring plans, selling its 70% stake in Peruvian hospital Clínica Ricardo Palma. The company says that focusing on hospital group Helios and drug/nutrition/devices subsidiary Kabi “is paying off” - but is this reflected in its most recent results?
November 3, 2023

Three things we learned at Global Health, Riyadh

HBI attended the Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and saw first-hand how the country is changing ahead of its 2030 transformation plan. Here are our three key takeaways from the event.
November 2, 2023

Two bidders left for Ramsay Sime Darby, as CVC buys Filipino hospital chain

South East Asia is continuing to see much more large-scale M&A activity than Europe. The sale of Malaysian and Indonesian hospital group Ramsay Sime Darby is reaching its final stages, with only two bidders reportedly left in the running. Meanwhile, Luxembourg-based PE firm CVC Capital Partners has bought a controlling stake in The Medical City (TMC), the Philippines' most expansive hospital group in terms of outpatient clinic footprint.
November 2, 2023

Bankruptcies, closures, and scandals: the bleak state of European nursing homes

Across Europe, nursing homes are in crisis. Between scandals in France, insolvencies in Germany, the threat of regulation in Spain, and fair fee woes in the UK, HBI hears that the nursing home sector is the least attractive healthcare services sector for investors. Are things really that bad - and is the threat of mass bankruptcies real?
October 27, 2023
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