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Blackstone eyes landmark private healthcare merger in India 

Aster DM Healthcare, a Dubai-based multinational private hospital group with operations in India’s Bengaluru, is said to be negotiating a merger with Hyderabad's Care Hospitals, one of India’s largest hospital groups. This potential merger could create India’s third largest hospital group.

CVC DIF acquires medneo UK

Netherlands-based infrastructure fund CVC DIF (formerly DIF Capital Partners) has acquired medneo UK, a UK-based imaging services company.

UK’s ICO moves to fine NHS software provider £6m

Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd, the company that provided IT and software services to the NHS during the 2022 ransomware attack, may face a £6 million fine from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the British data and privacy watchdog.

HBI News Round Up, Friday 9th August 2024

In this HBI News Round Up we cover global private markets manager CVC’s acquisition of diagnostic imaging company medneo UK, NHS and self-pay healthcare services provider Provide Community Group’s acquisition of Mind Professionals, Skanray Partners collaboration with Tata Elxsi to develop surgical imaging and healthcare innovation and wellness technology company TRIPP’s launch of an AI-powered meditation guide.

Assura buys Northwest’s £500 million UK hospital portfolio

Primary care-focused UK REIT Assura has bought the entirety of multinational hospital-focused REIT Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT’s UK portfolio. The portfolio comprises 14 hospitals with an average of 36 beds each and is worth £500 million (~€583 million).

Interview: Duncan Leggat, Cymphony

Cymphony is a UK company that provides customer communications solutions such as telephone answering and appointment booking to private healthcare providers. In an interview with HBI, Duncan Leggat, Cymphony’s Finance Director, argued that high quality, personalised customer service is an essential part of a good healthcare service, and that, for providers focused on the premium/private-pay part of the market, the good old fashioned telephone is generally the most effective tool for achieving this.

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