Operose Health, one of the biggest GP providers to the UK NHS, is facing an accusation of mismanagement at one of its surgeries by an undercover BBC Panorama investigation. It blames a national lack of GPs.
The UK government has launched a new strategy for the use of digital technology and data in the health and social care sectors. Health secretary Sajid Javid gave a speech at the HealthTech Summit in London on the day of the launch about how the strategy will shake up the sector.
Listed British PE firm Bridgepoint’s planned acquisition of Dentego, France’s largest dentistry group, has fallen through due to disagreements with the vendor over the price.
Al Borg Diagnostics with 64 labs across 8 countries in GCC and Africa and a dominant position in Saudi Arabia, its home market, looks set to finally list in 2022. We speculate (wildly!) on valuation.
The consortium led by private equity firm KKR is reportedly planning sale-and-leaseback deals should its proposed US$15bn takeover of multinational hospital group Ramsay Health Care prove successful, and is looking for suitors.
Multinational South African hospital group Mediclinic has rejected a proposal for a possible cash offer of £3.4bn for the company’s entire share capital. The proposal came from a consortium comprising Mediclinic’s current largest shareholder, South African investment holding firm Remgro, and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second largest container shipping provider.
Pan-Asian hospital powerhouse IHH Healthcare has agreed to the sale of its medical education arm- International Medical University (IMU), to a consortium of investors for RM1.35bn (around €290m).
A new outpatient tariff which would have taken 6-10% points off imaging prices has been kicked down the road for the third time by the byzantine Swiss healthcare system. It would have severely clipped the very high margins enjoyed by many whilst upping prices for primary care.
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