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There were more private hospital admissions in the UK last year than in any previous year on record.
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Despite excitement in the market, the UK healthcare M&A sector saw a first quarter on par with 2024, according to a report from Heligan Group.
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Reallocation of NHS resources may hit the margins of ophthalmology firms providing care on behalf of the public sector.
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European healthtech raised $4.3bn in funding from global VC investors, up 65% YoY, in Q1 2025, according to data from DealRoom.
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Worries that a crackdown on private provision of SEND care is imminent seem to be overstated.
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Doctor Care Anywhere has partnered with Huma to address the growing supply and demand gap for GP appointments.
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Developers and operators are being urged to build more care homes across the country as a new report reveals a growing shortfall in bed numbers and issues with existing buildings.
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Following the Government’s announcement that NHS England will be abolished, the mood from industry insiders seems fairly positive - although questions remain about what comes next.
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The Prime Minister has announced the abolition of NHS England.
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Henley’s SIPUT II fund has raised £85m since 2022. HealthInvestor sits down with Vicky Amlot, fund manager at Henley Investment Management, to find out more.
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The sharp decline in international university students is worsening the workforce crisis. An expert source explains how companies are helping and where the Government needs to step up.
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As part of the plan to bust NHS backlogs and improve early diagnosis, the Government plans to expand the use of community diagnostic centres (CDCs). But what is the state of CDCs?
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Care England CEO Martin Green says the way in which local authorities commission care makes them “complicit with modern slavery”. Multiple sources on and off the record say tens of thousands of international care workers are stranded in the UK.
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Data from IHPN, when compared with waiting list data from BMA, shows independent sector activity within the NHS has increased at a far greater rate than waiting lists have decreased. While November 2024 saw a 34% increase in private sector activity compared to December 2023, waiting lists had only decreased by 1.6% in the same period.
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The European health tech market raised $10.8bn in 2024, making it the most funded sector of the year according to data from Dealroom.co.
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The health and social care sector shows signs of recovery, but health and social care experts are unsure how this will play out in the M&A market.
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Social care experts widely see the Casey Review’s 2028 release date as a delay tactic and wonder if some businesses will even survive to see its conclusion.
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The Government has announced its plans to tackle the elective care backlog and to strengthen the partnership between the public and private sectors. Some observers have déjà vu.
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Oakland Care’s purchase of a 70-bed care home development site last month highlights key trends in the elderly care market.
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PE firm Lonsdale has launched two build-and-buy platforms in homecare and dentistry. HealthInvestor speaks to an advisor on the homecare deal to find out more.
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The UK healthcare market could see price rises driven by Trump administration tariffs.
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Narayana Health has reportedly denied rumours it is planning to buy UK hospital group Spire. Were a sale to happen, HealthInvestor understands the group’s ownership structure could make it complicated.
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A review of more than 100 integrated retirement community schemes has revealed continuing shifts in operator strategies,
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A comprehensive survey from the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) displays the devastating impact the budget will have on care and support providers.
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In an exclusive chat with HealthInvestor, Nuffield Health has confirmed it is appointing two new chief operating officers, one for the hospital side of the business and another for their fitness and wellbeing centres. A spokesperson denies the group will split, despite rumours to the contrary.
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Huge wage bills in the wake of changes to employers’ national insurance contributions could cripple some healthcare operators, market experts tell HealthInvestor.
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Healthcare M&A has rebounded in a big way. Year-end figures should see at least £2.5bn worth of transactions completed in the UK. Elderly care has proved particularly attractive.
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Between 2021 and 2028 it is projected the remote patient monitoring (RPM) sector will grow nearly three times by revenue. An RPM CEO tells us more.
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Christie & Co’s ‘Pharmacy market review 2024’ report, analyses the UK pharmacy business market.
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The Healthcare Private Equity (HPE) Europe conference in London in September attended by hundreds of healthcare professionals and investors.
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Christie & Co has launched its ‘Care market review 2024’ report, which analyses the UK healthcare business market.
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Europe’s largest corporations and investors are optimistic about the state of the healthcare and life sciences sector.
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Europe’s largest corporations and investors are optimistic about the state of the healthcare and life sciences sector.
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A new report offers an overview of the UK dental sector, including ownership structures, market dynamics, pricing patterns, an assessment of the appetite of banks to lend.
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Independent health providers are delivering almost one in five of all NHS operations.
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Dealmakers say there are indications of a growing increase in M&A in the healthcare sector this year, as Murat Basboga reports.
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Dwindling capital, a lack of social care beds, and back-office staffing cuts are some of the biggest barriers preventing NHS efficiency, according to healthcare managers
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As AI-led drug discovery transforms the pharma and biotech sectors Jay Shah, managing director at Interpath Advisory, considers the impact of the technology on investment in the eyes of dealmakers.
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Law firm Goodwin Procter’s Sophie McGrath, Arvin Abraham and Anne Stroud offer an analysis of market movements for healthcare M&A and financing
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Almost all care homes forced to close by the Care Quality Commission in England are run on a for-profit basis, new analysis has found.
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Last year was a year of consolidation, with the majority of health and social care operators reporting that occupancy had returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report published by business property advisor Christie & Co.
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Knight Frank has published a ‘Global healthcare report’ which contains an overview of the current European economy and health and social care market.
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UK care home operators have seen a 3% rise in occupancy levels, with several operators across the country now trading well above pre-pandemic levels, according to property advisor Knight Frank.
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One in six scale-ups (17%) in the UK come from the health and social care sector.
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The Care Quality Commission today published its annual assessment of health care and social care in England.
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Law firm McDermott Will & Emery hosted its annual Healthcare Private Equity (HPE) Europe conference at the end of September.
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Christie & Co, has published its ‘Dental market review 2023’ which examines the UK dental business sector,
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Christie & Co has launched its ‘Care market review 2023’ report, which analyses a range of topics relating to the UK healthcare business market. .
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In the first quarter of 2023 there were 227,000 private healthcare admissions, the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has reported.
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The health and social care sector is the highest growing industry in the UK, analysis from Forbes Advisor has revealed.
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Knight Frank has released its latest Seniors Housing Development Update, which analyses the development landscape last year and offers forecasts of future delivery.
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The ONS today revealed that the care home population in England reached 360,792 through the past year.
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UK healthcare markets have remained robust and continue to draw the attention of both domestic and global capital.
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Data from Healthcode, a clearing organisation for the private healthcare sector, shows providers made a strong start to 2023.
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As Irish healthcare assets are increasingly getting acknowledged by UK-based PE investors, we interview Leo Casey, head of the republic of Ireland at growth capital investor BGF, to find out more.
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Demand for independent GP appointments and diagnostic referrals is likely to grow significantly this year, predicts Justin Ash.
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Higher self-funder intakes have driven a £100 rise in weekly care home fees over the past two years.
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Christie & Co analysis has found a 14-year high in the level of demand and volume of care homes transacted by its care division in 2022.
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Christie & Co today published its first ‘Care market review 2022’ report, which analyses the transactional healthcare market in the UK.
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Integrated retirement communities are leading the way in price growth within the later-living sector, according to research by property consultancy Knight Frank,
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Research from investment manager Downing reveals that from a pool of UK pension schemes 84% expect institutional investors to increase their exposure to the social care sector.
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Aymen Mahmoud, co-head of the London finance, restructuring and special situations group at McDermott Will & Emery hosted a panel at Healthcare Private Equity 2022 conference discussing the impact of market uncertainty on borrowers, strategies and terms, and what all of this means for healthcare deals in 2023.
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Investment across the European care home market has been steadily rising over the past decade, according to the latest UK and continental European care home research report from real estate company Savills.
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The Private Healthcare Information Network has reported that 200,000 private patient admissions were recorded in the first quarter of 2022.
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Elderly care home and retirement living sector analyst Carterwood has published its annual research into self-funded elderly care home fees in Great Britain.
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The European healthcare investment market is seeing continued growth with €9 billion of transactions last year, up 17.4% since 2020.
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When it comes to patient recruitment for clinical trials, American companies are very focused on the US market , giving the UK operators a big advantage, Kate Shaw, founder and chief executive of patient recruitment firm Innovative Trials tells us.
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Research by property consultancy Knight Frank and law firm Irwin Mitchell reveals that over a third (36%) of local authorities in England don’t have clear policies in place to support housing for seniors.
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By Anja Bickelmaier, co-head of healthcare at European investment firm Triton Partners
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Carterwood has announced its annual ranking of the most active developers in UK’s planning system. Residential care home developer and constructor LNT Group and retirement home developer McCarthy Stone topped the elderly care homes and older people’s housing sector respectively.
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93% of investors plan to maintain or increase their allocation to healthcare real estate, according to the latest UK healthcare sentiment survey from global real estate advisor CBRE.
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2021 was a record-breaking year for investment into the UK’s seniors housing market, with institutional investors spending £1.4 billion in the sector.
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UK's private dentistry and the care sector showed great resilience in 2021, but profit margins are to come under further pressure in 2022 due to workforce-related challenges and increased cost pressures, according to a report released today (19 January) by Christie & Co specialist business property advisor.
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UK care home operators’ costs are set to rise by £165 million this year, representing a 30% increase, due to increased costs of labour, supply and finance according to research by property advisor Knight Frank.
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As 2021 comes to an end, Derek Breingan, head of health and social care sector of Virgin Money, takes a deep dive into the overarching market trends, from liquidity and deal volume increase to competition and inflation.
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UK care home operators are set to see occupancy rates slowly rise and profits steady as the impacts of the pandemic show promising signs of receding and demand for beds remains strong.
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Europe’s senior living and care homes sector registered a record level of investment in the first half of 2021, with €4 billion of deals across both established and maturing markets in the region.
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The number of specialist seniors housing units across the UK will grow by nearly 10% over the next five years, according to a report from property consultancy Knight Frank.
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A report by real estate lender and investor Octopus Real Estate estimates that there could be as many as 2.5 million UK retirees looking to move into retirement properties.
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The UK healthcare property market saw record investment volumes in 2020 totalling £2.7 billion despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Christie & Co has published its ‘Dental market review 2020/21’ analysing last year’s dental market and looking forward into 2021.
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Investment in digital technology is set to increase UK GDP by £232 billion (6.9%) in 2040, according to a study by Virgin Media Business and the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
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Investment bank Jefferies has published its third annual Jefferies Healthcare Temperature Check providing feedback from 500 healthcare senior leaders, including major investors and chief executives.
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The continuing coronavirus crisis and lengthening NHS waiting times is causing more people to pay for private treatment and creating a two-tier health service.
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The adult social care sector in England needs to fill around 112,000 job vacancies on any given day according to a new report published by Skills for Care, the strategic body for workforce development in adult social care in England.
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The Care Quality Commission has published it annual State of Care report which examines trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve.
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The UK care home sector is beginning to recover following the impact of Covid-19 in Q2 2020, with occupancy measuring 80.2%.
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