The founders of listed UK specialist social care group Caretech are hatching a scheme to take the company private, HBI hears. Meanwhile, the UK's competition watchdog says child social care companies are making 'excessive profits'.
Private equity firm Cardinal Capital Group has bought Ashdale Care, which provides specialist therapeutic care for children with complex behavioural needs in Ireland.
Belgian healthcare REIT Aedifica has been expanding and made acquisitions in Finland, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland amounting to €151 million. HBI breaks down its latest spends.
The for-profit children's home market in the UK has been criticised for "indefensible" fees by the chair of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care.
Dutch private equity firm Holland Capital is set to purchase 50% of the shares of youth clinic and treatment centre Yes We Can. The current shareholders will remain in place.
Domiciliary care is set to go from 30% to 50% of revenues for France's largest home services group Oui Care, as demand for child care declines and people opt against going into care homes, CEO Guillaume Richard tells HBI.
Stripping away M&A and financial things like indebtedness, all for-profit healthcare businesses will succeed or fail based on these three parameters. And all can be measured along them, too.
The clock is ticking for businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on May 25. Healthcare Europa talks to Aetna International's CIO Alan Payne to find out what the data handling regulations mean for healthcare insurers and operators, and the challenges on the path to compliance.
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