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FREE BLOG The best of both worlds for property investors?

Property investors are increasingly attracted to healthcare, in large part because tenants with government-backed income are a safe bet and 25-year leases are the norm. But when it comes to green or brownfield healthcare development it is generally the private sector, not the public sector with the most projects. As demand rises the private sector across Europe is taking up some of the slack with either an increased PMI or out-of-pocket spend or through public-private joint ventures. The combination of these two gusty tailwinds could prove very lucrative for property investors.

RAD-x acquired by Swiss Life Asset Managers and Vesper Infrastructure Partners

Investment firms Swiss Life Asset Managers and Vesper Infrastructure Partners have acquired RAD-x, a diagnostic imaging platform operating in Germany and Switzerland. The deal is the latest in a series of major acquisitions by infrastructure funds within the diagnostics and medical imaging segment.

Aster DM GCC sale nearly complete

The sale of the GCC division of Dubai-based listed hospital and pharmacy chain Aster DM, for just over $1bn, is nearly complete.

Manipal looking to become largest Indian group with acquisition

Manipal Hospitals, India’s second largest hospital group by bed capacity, is in talks to acquire a smaller group in the east of the country. If the deal goes ahead it would make Manipal the largest hospital group in the country by bed capacity, knocking off rival Apollo Hospitals from the top spot.

Recent PE exits with long holding periods

We've analysed a selection of health care PE exits from the past few years, looking at cases where the company was held for longer than the typical five-year holding period.

Is the future of care at home?

The centre of gravity of the health and care sector is shifting away from hospitals and nursing homes. Capacity and resource constraints combined with policy pushes for greater access in the community and advances in medtech mean that over the coming decades an increasing amount of care will be delivered in an outpatient setting and at home. But Joseph Musgrave, CEO of Home & Community Care Ireland, Ireland’s trade association for domiciliary care providers, warns us there is a major stumbling block: almost every country lacks a structured career pathway for carers.

DaVita to become largest dialysis services provider in Latin America

Kidney dialysis services provider DaVita is going to become the largest dialysis services provider in Latin America following agreements with Fresenius Medical Care, a rival multinational group, to expand in Brazil and Colombia and enter Chile and Ecuador for the first time.

Interview: Dr Anish Kotecha, Director of Education, Learna

Since online medical education platform Learna was founded in 2010 it has been helping healthcare businesses empower their healthcare professionals with continuous learning in partnership the University of South Wales. Putting his passion for educating into practice for Learna since 2023 is GP and medical education expert Dr Anish Kotecha, Director of Education.

FREE BLOG To spin or not to spin, that is the question

Success stories in digital transformation projects are likely to lead to a difficult decision for healthcare leaders: do we spin this out and build a new revenue stream and let the wider system benefit? Or do we keep it to ourselves? With the amount of investment and the number of projects underway, this dilemma will become much more common. For start-ups, could this be a worrying development?

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