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Nordic launches a process for €2bn+ Veonet

Strong rumours reported by HBI back in July that Nordic Capital-backed ophthalmology group Veonet (including Germany's largest operator by revenue Ober Scharrer) would come to market before the autumn have been proven correct. HBI understands the group has launched a process, and a price tag of in excess of €2bn is expected.

Air Liquide consolidates Polish med homecare

Global gas giant Air Liquide will buy Betamed, a Polish medicalised homecare provider, after the competition regulator approved the deal. It will now have over €50m of oxygen services in the country.

HCG sells Strand minority stake to Reliance

Indian oncology hospital group HealhCare Global Enterprises (HCG) has sold its minority stake in life sciences company Strand after buying in full its oncology lab and clinical trials business.

Movement in mental health market

Nursing home group Korian has continued its consolidation of mental health by acquiring an Italian group with €22.5m revenues. Meanwhile, a joint venture in the Netherlands between providers Parnassia and Altrecht is expanding.

Waterland sells ATOS to ICG

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has bought ATOS Klinken, a group of orthopaedic clinics in Germany spun out from rehab group Median, from Waterland. 

EU dermatology M&A slows

Investors in the US are pouring money into dermatology, while EU markets remain far quieter. To find out where and why deals are – and aren’t - happening, we round up the latest news from the sector in Europe, including the UK dermatology consultant-led business Dermatology Partnership, Sweden’s leading dermatology provider Diagnostiskt Centrum Hud, and Dermatologikum Hamburg in Germany.

Spire H1: revenue soars but profitability flat

UK hospital group Spire Healthcare's revenue in H1 2021 jumped 13.5% versus 2019, with self-pay up a whopping 47%. But profitability was still lower than two years ago and, despite the top-line growth eclipsing guidance, the group is still trading well below Ramsay's improved offer price that 30% of shareholders rejected. Will they regret that?

PE buys complex childcare in Ireland

Private equity firm Cardinal Capital Group has bought Ashdale Care, which provides specialist therapeutic care for children with complex behavioural needs in Ireland.

Boris breaches election pledge with £12bn tax hike for health and social care

On Tuesday, September 7, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his UK government announced a new health and social care tax to fund both the NHS and social care. While it is hard for operators to be ungrateful for extra funding in social care, many are asking whether the plan goes far enough. HBI talks to market experts to find out more.

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