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Is the UK nursing home sector in “crisis”?

Elderly care has had a challenging year in the UK, but is it too strong to call it a crisis, and how will things look as it recovers? HBI chats to a consultant and operator to find out more.

Lifebrain for sale as EBITDA for lab groups near doubles

Italian lab group Lifebrain is the latest to take advantage of swollen revenues and profits in the lab sector with owner Investindustrial appointing Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan to explore a sale. Meanwhile, COVID-19 testing across Europe led to a near doubling of EBITDA for the largest players in the third quarter of 2020.

City & County acquires UK rivals

UK-based community homecare and domiciliary care specialist City & County Healthcare Group has acquired rivals MiHomecare Limited and Complete Care Amegreen, further extending its UK portfolio as M&A activity in the sector resumes after a Covid hiatus.

Spanish fertility and cosmetic group plans hospital network

Madrid-based holding company Otsu Group, which operates Eva Fertility Clinics, the cosmetic Dorsia Clinics chain, and Origen Clinics, a network psychology and psychiatry clinics, is looking to build a hospital network following the acquisition of Hospital Policlínico de Barcelona.

Penta shortlists investors for first-round bids on PHI

CEE firm Penta Investments' sale of a stake in its hospital business Penta Hospitals International (PHI) has progressed with NDAs signed by a dozen parties and indicative offers expected next month, director Václav Jirků tells HBI.

2021: A boom year for health care M&A

The M&A market has roared out of Covid in the first quarter according to the HBI Panel Discussion. Are multiples likely to drop and what is investor appetite?

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