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Malaysia’s EPF eyes sale of 12 UK private hospital assets

Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF), a federal statutory body under the Ministry of Finance, is preparing to sell a portfolio of 12 UK private hospitals valued at approximately £1.4 billion. Industry sources share with HBI what this potential sale could mean for the UK private hospital landscape, and the investment opportunities it could unlock.
June 5, 2025

Bupa Hong Kong expands into mainland China with hospital partnerships

The Hong Kong division of multinational private health insurer and provider Bupa is expanding its direct settlement scheme into mainland China by partnering with four Chinese private hospital groups that operate in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. The move comes after Bupa Group withdrew from the country in 2023, and after the Chinese government decided to open up certain regions to foreign healthcare investment in 2024.
June 5, 2025

Aedifica and Cofinimmo boards back merger

Aedifica and Cofinimmo, two of Europe’s largest listed healthcare REITs, look set to merge. The boards of both companies have reached an agreement over terms for a share swap, which will now be put to shareholders. HBI spoke to Aedifica’s Chief Investment Officer, Charles-Antoine van Aelst, and Cofinimmo’s Head of External Communications, Philippe Etienne, to understand the motivations behind a deal that, if completed, will create Europe’s largest specialist healthcare real estate investor with ~€11 billion healthcare assets under management.
June 5, 2025

Workplace Options bought out by Canadian TELUS Health

TELUS Health, a health and wellbeing provider headquartered in Vancouver (operating under parent company TELUS Corporation), has announced the acquisition of Workplace Options, the world’s largest privately owned and independent global provider of integrated employee wellbeing solutions, supported by a strategic partnership with GTCR, a private equity investor with expertise in healthcare. 
May 29, 2025

Spire slashing 400 hospital jobs to increase efficiency and flexibility

Spire, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, plans to hand out redundancy packages to about 400 of its ~14,000 employees (~2.5%) as part of an initiative to create operational efficiencies and have a higher proportion of bank (i.e. part-time) workers. The jobs being cut include clinical as well as admin staff, but the group says there will be no reduction in patient-facing clinical hours.
May 29, 2025
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