Kry, a European digital-first healthcare company headquartered in Stockholm, is making a major investment in occupational healthcare, which will become a separate business area within the company.
Healthtech was the strongest sector for investment in the first quarter of 2025 in the UK, with startups receiving $1.8bn, according to an HSBC report.
Like most healthcare REITs, Healthcare Activos is primarily focused on investing in nursing homes. But since 2018 it has begun investing in hospitals as well. In a conversation with HBI, Co-CEO Alberto Fernandez explained why the largely privately funded hospitals run by Spanish and Portuguese private hospital groups are much more attractive investment prospects than the equivalents in Bismarckian countries.
Private equity firms Bridgepoint, Cinven, TDR Capital, and Triton Partners are reportedly among the early bidders interested in acquiring MyDentist, the UK’s largest dental chain, according to Sky News.
The current owners, Palamon Capital Partners, are hoping to fetch around £900 million, although the final deal could be closer to £800 million, the newspaper further reported.
Apple is reportedly developing a new AI doctor service in its biggest healthcare push to date. The company is working on ‘Project Mulberry’, which involves an entirely revamped Health app plus a health coach, according to Bloomberg. The service would be powered by a new AI agent intended to replicate, where possible, a real doctor.
Circle Health Group, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, is undergoing a major management change. A spokesperson confirmed to HBI that the group’s CEO, CFO and General Counsel have all received the sack, as part of a strategy by its new UAE-based owners to “realise synergies” and “re-focus the business”.
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail company and US owner of the Boots pharmacy chain with locations across the UK and Ireland, is to be taken over by Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm.
The British government has announced plans to abolish NHS England and reintegrate its functions into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in what Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as an effort to "slash bureaucracy", reduce layers of government from two to one, and redirect resources to frontline services. The move, which represents the […]
Two of the UK’s largest listed specialist healthcare real estate investors are being bought out and taken private by US investors. Assura looks as though it is about to accept a fifth offer from US private equity firm KKR. Care REIT (formerly Impact Healthcare REIT) has accepted a takeover offer from US care home REIT CareTrust.
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