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Landslide win for Labour in UK general election

The UK’s Labour Party has won a huge parliamentary majority in the country’s national election. A labour government could mean greater opportunities for the UK’s private hospital sector, especially given the party has said it will not hesitate to use private sector capacity in tackling its “top priority” aim of cutting NHS waiting lists.

KKR acquires Kerala-based hospital fuelling surge in India’s healthcare PE deal activity

India saw a ~35% drop in private equity and venture capital deal activity in 2023, with investments falling from $62 billion in 2022 to $39 billion. However, healthcare investments hit a record $5.5 billion, driven by a tripling of provider investments, multi-specialty provider consolidation, and the rise of attractive single-specialty assets. Reflecting this trend, on July 1, the US private equity firm KKR has announced an acquisition of a controlling stake in Baby Memorial Hospital (BMH), a multi-specialty hospital chain in Kerala, India.

Essential actions amid rising healthcare cyberattacks: all you need to know

A recent NHS cyber attack resulted in the postponement of over 1,100 operations, including nearly 200 cancer treatments, and exposed 400 GB of sensitive NHS and patient data. Cyber attacks on healthcare are growing more frequent, intensifying strain on the sector. As healthcare undergoes greater digitisation and collects more patient data, preparing for and defending against cyber attacks is paramount for the sector's resilience. Since 2020, global healthcare data breach costs have surged by 53.3%. For the 13th consecutive year, healthcare recorded the highest average data breach costs at USD 10.93 million, according to IBM.

What would a Labour government mean for private providers in the UK?

As the UK’s political parties enter the final straight for next Thursday’s general election, the outcome is all but certain, with polling strongly indicating that the Labour Party is set to return to power for the first time since 2010 — at current projections with the largest parliamentary majority in British history.

Russian group responsible for Synnovis hack leaks NHS patient data


Qilin, the Russian group responsible for hacking Synnovis labs — a pathology services partnership between Germany’s SYNLAB Group and both the King’s College Hospital Trust and the St Thomas’ Hospital Trust — has leaked 394GB of what it claims is patient data on its darknet website and Telegram channel.

FREE BLOG Major topics and trends discussed at HBI 2024

HBI’s annual conference took place last week. Almost 600 attendees — comprising CXOs of healthcare providers, investors, suppliers and advisors — travelled from 40 different countries to London for the event. Over the course of three days of roundtables, workshops and panel discussions, they explored the big issues the sector faces, and the opportunities available to the private sector in helping to solve them.

Healthcare investment “through the bottom of the cycle” — Goldberg (Rothschild)

At last year’s conference Hedley Goldberg, Managing Director at multinational investment bank Rothschild, predicted healthcare M&A activity would begin picking up again in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. But we’re now halfway through 2024 and there are still very few deals above €500m taking place. Goldberg is confident, however, that we have now passed through the bottom of the cycle.

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