Two medium-sized French imaging operators, X-Ray Phocea and Cardinet, have been invested in by private equity firms, in what could be a signal that the long-awaited consolidation of France's imaging sector is about to take off.
Pan-European imaging and diagnostic firm Affidea is expanding in Spain and Romania. Its acquisitions of Clinica Atenea in Valencia and Odelga Imagistics clinic in Bucharest bring the number of Affidea’s centers in Europe to 340, cementing its influence in the region.
HT Medica, Spain's third largest private imaging provider by revenue, is being bought by pan-European PE firm Fremman Capital, reportedly for around €100m.
Multinational investment bank and financial services company Jefferies published its 2023 Healthcare Temperature Check report this week, to coincide with its healthcare conference which ran between Tuesday and Thursday this week.
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Pan-European diagnostic giant Affidea has increased its dominance in the Romanian imaging market with the acquisition of Biomed Scan, a two-clinic imaging provider in Bucharest. This is the second acquisition it has made in the market in 2023, after its acquisition of a seven-clinic group in Teleorman at the beginning of the year. It now has 48 Romanian clinics, by far the most of any private provider.
Ireland has seen significant wage inflation as its economy has grown over the past decade, which is attracting talent from overseas. But local imaging operators tell us this isn’t happening quickly enough to fill workforce gaps. There are significant shortages of radiologists and radiographers, as well as most other categories of health care workers.
The UK's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has told for-profit operators collaborations between the NHS and private players have paved the way for them to have an increased role going forward - and that patients will be given greater opportunity to be referred to independent sector providers.
Four months on from the results of the Elective Recovery Taskforce which promised to bust the UK’s record-breaking backlog with the help of the independent sector, the number of patients waiting 65 weeks or more for treatment has risen to nearly 110,000 people. With the situation even worse than predicted, where are the opportunities for private providers - and who is most likely to benefit?
The UK’s largest for-profit hospital group by revenue, Spire Healthcare, this week acquired London-based mental health specialist Vita Health Group in a £74m cash deal. HBI hears there are significant opportunities in outpatient areas like mental health for for-profits to fill the gaps left by a struggling UK NHS.