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FREE BLOG Is Australia being pulled towards a US-style care model?

Healthscope, the nation’s second-largest hospital group, is facing serious financial difficulties. Its owner, private equity firm Brookfield Business Partners, has effectively stepped aside, handing control to creditors after failed restructuring attempts. Brookfield blames this on low insurer reimbursements. Health insurers, however, point the finger at poor management. A solvent restructuring process is now underway, with the country’s largest hospital Ramsay Health Care reportedly considering a potential acquisition.

Has UK healthcare deal momentum returned?

After a slow 2024, optimism for a rebound in the UK healthcare M&A activity in 2025 was high. Investors and bankers were expecting to re-engage, expecting a rise in M&A and IPOs.  However, while deal momentum is steady and has remained on par with 2024 deal levels, it hasn't reached the anticipated rebound, with macro uncertainties like tariffs, elections, and other global tensions causing investor caution

Exploring Saudi Arabia’s “completely different universe” for healthcare investors, with Youssef Haidar of Nexus Gulf

This interview features in the HBI 2025: Disruptive Innovation: Investing in Healthcare Transformation Conference Report, which was shared with conference delegates, and is available to HBI Deals and Insights and Intelligence members. Saudi Arabia’s rapidly developing private healthcare sector offers significant opportunities for international providers prepared to enter the country with the right partnerships, according […]

FREE BLOG The UK’s care visa crunch represents another blow to a squeezed sector

The UK government’s new visa policy announcement, scrapping visas for care workers, has sent ripples of concern through England’s care sector. For operators and investors in elderly care and supported living facilities already navigating challenging conditions, such as those introduced by the recent increase in employer National Insurance contributions, this shift represents a significant operational […]

Australia’s Top 5 private healthcare providers

This infographic presents actual data on Australia’s top for-profit healthcare providers, focusing exclusively on their operations within Australia. Featured companies include Ramsay Health Care (hospitals, mental health, pharmacy), Sonic Healthcare (laboratory services), Healthscope (hospitals), BUPA Australia and New Zealand (outpatient, insurance) and Healius (laboratory services).

Innovation in healthcare and producing “Predictable Winners” — in conversation with Stuart Jackson and Ilya Trakhtenberg of L.E.K. Consulting

Stuart Jackson and Ilya Trakhtenberg of L.E.K. Consulting are on a mission to demystify the process of innovation.  In an exclusive interview ahead of their breakfast session at HBI 2025, the authors of the forthcoming book “Predictable Winners” share insights on why so many innovations fail, and how healthcare organisations can fire up what they […]

FREE BLOG Blog: To Paris, and beyond!

There’s a palpable sense of purpose within the HBI team, who I can report are relishing the prospect of hosting the industry we serve in Paris for the very first time later this month. If you’re reading this and haven’t yet got your ticket, it’s not too late to book now. Please join us for […]

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