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The end of Muface?

Muface, Spain’s health insurance system for civil servants and their families, may cease to exist as private insurers continue to refuse to participate in the program.
January 17, 2025

Starmer’s NHS-private deal could drive investment in UK healthcare

On January 6, 2025, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a partnership between the NHS and the independent sector to address waiting lists, with a focus on gynaecology, orthopaedics, and improving access in deprived areas. The deal involves over 650 private hospitals and 12,000 consultants, enabling up to one million additional consultations, diagnostics, and surgeries annually, maintaining them free at the point of use. Annual funding for the independent sector will rise from £12 billion to nearly £16 billion, providing better access and digital improvements via the NHS App, and plans for long-term collaboration. The partnership aims to attract private investment, expand the workforce, and ensure consistent care standards across the sector.
January 10, 2025

Cura Day Hospitals Group completes acquisition of PresMed

Cura Day Hospitals Group Pty Ltd, a major provider of private hospital facilities in Australia, has today confirmed the completion of its acquisition of PresMed Hospitals Ltd, specialising in surgical day hospitals in the country, on 31st December 2024. 
January 2, 2025

Estonia plans major hospital consolidation as healthcare system modernisation accelerates

Estonia's Ministry of Social Affairs has unveiled an ambitious plan to consolidate its hospital network through 2040. The proposal centres on merging Tallinn's hospitals into a unified entity, which is likely to require substantial capital investment in new infrastructure. The city, meanwhile, earlier this year, put a new hospital design out to international tender.
December 24, 2024

GIC invests further USD $150m in Asia Healthcare Holdings

Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), a hospitals focused healthcare platform backed by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and private equity firm TPG, has announced GIC will invest an additional US$150 million into it. 
December 19, 2024

Australia’s ICON Group acquires Cancer Centre London to address UK radiation therapy gaps

Icon Group, Australia's largest cancer care provider, has acquired Nuffield Health Cancer Centre London (CCL) to address gaps in radiation therapy across England.  Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest healthcare charity with a network of 37 hospitals and 111 fitness and wellbeing centres. This acquisition follows a partnership formed between the two organisations in August 2023.  Since early 2023, Icon and Nuffield Health have collaborated to enhance services and patient care at the center. The acquisition marks the next phase of their joint efforts to strengthen cancer care delivery in the UK.
December 13, 2024

India has captured the attention of European and global healthcare investors

India, the world's most populous country, has become a hotspot for healthcare investments, seeing some of the industry's largest recent deals. Activity has been particularly strong in three sectors: hospitals, diagnostics, and digital health. A large population, a growing middle class, heightened healthcare awareness, and a shortage of quality healthcare infrastructure in urban and tier 2 and 3 cities have made the country a focal point for global investors who now view it as an "extremely attractive investment destination."
December 6, 2024
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