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Four Seasons puts 46 care homes up for sale, fetching £300 million

Four Seasons Health Care Group, once the UK's largest care home provider, has put 46 facilities across England, Scotland, and Jersey up for sale. CBRE, a global real estate advisor, is overseeing the auction, which is expected to take place in the coming months. The sale is projected to raise approximately £300 million.

Russian group responsible for Synnovis hack leaks NHS patient data


Qilin, the Russian group responsible for hacking Synnovis labs — a pathology services partnership between Germany’s SYNLAB Group and both the King’s College Hospital Trust and the St Thomas’ Hospital Trust — has leaked 394GB of what it claims is patient data on its darknet website and Telegram channel.

HBI News Round Up, 21st June 2024

In this HBI News Round Up, we look at the outcome of Dutch primary care chain Co-Med’s bankruptcy hearing in the Netherlands, French real estate investor Transitions Europe’s entry into Spain’s care home sector, PE firm Columna Capital's latest €290m raise, Spanish hospital group Ribera Salud’s acquisition of Covadonga Hospital in Spain, the extension of the Greek government-backed EquiFund-2 programme to finance life sciences and healthcare start-ups, real estate investor PGIM Real Estate’s acquisition of UK senior housing provider Signature Senior Lifestyle, the first strike by public sector healthcare workers in Sweden in 16 years, and pan-Asian hospital group IHH's desire to enter Vietnam and Indonesia. 

FREE BLOG Major topics and trends discussed at HBI 2024

HBI’s annual conference took place last week. Almost 600 attendees — comprising CXOs of healthcare providers, investors, suppliers and advisors — travelled from 40 different countries to London for the event. Over the course of three days of roundtables, workshops and panel discussions, they explored the big issues the sector faces, and the opportunities available to the private sector in helping to solve them.

Healthcare investment “through the bottom of the cycle” — Goldberg (Rothschild)

At last year’s conference Hedley Goldberg, Managing Director at multinational investment bank Rothschild, predicted healthcare M&A activity would begin picking up again in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. But we’re now halfway through 2024 and there are still very few deals above €500m taking place. Goldberg is confident, however, that we have now passed through the bottom of the cycle.

Dentistry’s digital future — HBI 2024

At a fascinating HBI 2024 workshop on transforming the dental services industry, innovators outlined bold new business models designed to improve access to affordable, high-quality oral care for millions across Europe.

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