London-based mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge is buying a majority stake in global teleradiology firm Everlight Radiology. HBI chats to a source with knowledge of the sale and a UK analyst to find out more.
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.
French REIT Icade says it will float healthcare property investor Icade Santé by the end of 2021 to raise funds for a €3bn four-year investment plan. The news comes as Cofinimmo acquires its first healthcare assets in the UK.
HBI unpicks where the private sector is winning contracts to help manage sky-high backlogs. Nearly £30bn is up for grabs in elective care, oncology and diagnostics.
The three big pan-European nursing home players have all announced big acquisitions - and Orpea has boosted its growth forecast. Is this a sign that the tide is turning for nursing home operators, as vaccines roll out across the continent and pandemic restrictions continue to lift?
Centric Health, the largest provider of primary care by revenue to Ireland’s 2.3 million privately insured patients, is planning to expand both domestically and abroad. Despite making a loss two years in a row, CEO Maurice Cox tells HBI the company is in good financial shape, and has been spending to grow.
Irish HomeCare has announced a plan to recruit 700 new care workers and 50 full time office staff in the next 18 months, responding to a surge in demand for homecare. If it achieves the target it will double its workforce. HBI speaks John Florence, CEO of Irish HomeCare to find out more.
Low pay rates for homecare workers in Northern Ireland are under fire, and a campaign to end short 15-minute visits for older people and fee rates of £15 an hour is gathering momentum. South of the border the Republic is proving far more attractive to investors. HBI talks to Mairead Mackle, CEO of the biggest independent Irish homecare provider Homecare Independent Living (HCIL), to find out more.
Orpea, Europe's second largest nursing home group by revenue, has agreed to buy Irish group FirstCare in a purchase reportedly worth more than €100 million. Orpea will become the largest private care home operator in Ireland by bed number.
Ireland will start to regulate its homecare market in the coming months, with a draft law expected to give all Irish residents consumer protection rights. It could push smaller players out of the market.
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