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Inflexion has agreed to sell its investment in European LifeCare Group, a provider of vaccinations in Europe, to a European private equity group.
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OXB, a cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organisation, has secured a new four-year term loan facility of up to $125 million from Oaktree Capital Management.
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Foundation Partners and Deer Capital have acquired five operational purpose-built care homes across Kent, adding 513 bedrooms to their Hartford Care brand.
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Assura has appointed its senior non-executive director Jonathan Davies, while its existing non-executive chair Ed Smith has resigned.
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Park Lane Healthcare has partnered with developer Torsion Care to launch Burghley Care, a new joint venture focused on delivering purpose-built care homes.
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LDC has invested in Panthera Biopartners, a site management organisation for commercial clinical trials.
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Primary Health Properties confirmed today that it has secured acceptances for 62.9% of Assura shares in its takeover bid for the UK healthcare real estate investor Assura.
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London-based multinational health insurance and healthcare company Bupa has announced pre-tax profit of £510 million for the first six months of 2025.
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Dublin-based T-Pro has acquired Sound Business Systems, a provider of clinical documentation software for healthcare organisations across New Zealand and Australia.
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Park Lane Healthcare has appointed Sandra Hustwick as quality director and promoted Lynn Flynn to clinical director.
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Integrated Retirement Community operator Wallacea Living has appointed Karolina Harvey as head of sales and Georgina Hardy as senior marketing manager,
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Luxury care home provider Hamberley Care Homes has appointed Julia Landt as director of quality.
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Advancing Eyecare has acquired Birmingham Optical Group, which provides optical equipment and services to optician, hospital, eye care clinic and optical laboratory customers.
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Growth capital investor BGF has made a multimillion-pound investment in CWC Group, a family-owned specialist care provider based in County Down.
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Assura has released a statement confirming its recommendation that its shareholders accept the PHP bid.
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KKR has urged Assura to switch its backing from healthcare property firm Primary Health Partners in the latest twist in the battle to acquire NHS landlord Assura
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Avery Healthcare has acquired Artisan Care Group, the owner of 10 newly developed care homes.
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YourCare has been provided with a £5.5 million term loan from Growth Lending.
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System C has acquired Australian health and care management tech provider MYP Technologies headquartered in South Brisbane, Queensland.
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EMV Capital-backed Wanda Health, an intelligent platform for remote patient monitoring and virtual care, has closed an investment round.
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Nye Brown is heading up one of the biggest brands in the care home sector. Since his appointment as chief executive in January, Brown has been mapping out Hallmark’s five-year plan.
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Westbury, Wiltshire-based Candlelight Homecare Services has acquired Kestrel Homecare, a domiciliary care provider based in Heathfield, Sussex
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Reproductive medicine group IVI RMA Global has acquired ART Fertility Clinics, which runs 13 clinics across the UAE and India, in a deal valued between $400-450 million.
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Oakland Care has secured a £13.4 million lending facility to support the development of a residential care home in Fleet, Hampshire.
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Spire Healthcare has reported profit after tax of £7 million for the first six months of 2025, down 50.4% from £14.1 reported for the first six months of 2024.
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Spire Healthcare has acquired Physiolistic, a physiotherapy business operating three clinics, in Henley, Reading and Windsor, for an initial consideration of £5.2 million.
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iBC Healthcare has launched Lamb Rise, a new-build development for people with autism, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, and challenging behaviours.
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Social infrastructure investment manager Newcore Capital has appointed George Coulson as associate director within its investment team.
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Medical products and technologies company Convatec has reported operating profit of $179 million for the first half of 2025,
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London-based contract research organisation Hvivo has appointed Shaun Chilton as non-executive chair, effective 1 September.
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Dr Zaid Al-Fagih explains why NHS red tape is pushing UK healthtechs to the Gulf
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Knights Pharmacy is acquiring 24 pharmacy stores from Avicenna Retail after securing an eight-figure funding package from HSBC UK.
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Real estate investor and lender Octopus Capital has appointed Suzanne Mumford to its in-house quality assurance team.
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Digital diagnostics start-up platform Bloodtest.co.uk has secured a £3 million investment from an American private equity group.
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Priory has opened Priory Daffodil House, a residential home providing specialist support for autistic people and people with learning disabilities or a mental health diagnosis.
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Nuffield Health has appointed Karen Prins as chief operating officer for its network of 36 hospitals, effective in October.
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Mental health rehabilitation provider Active Pathways has promoted Katie Pilkington to director of operations.
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Healthcare property company Assura has reported £166 million in profit for the year ending 31 March 2025, compared to a loss of £28.7 million reported for the prior year.
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Manning is tasked with “expanding Circle's hospital network and leveraging technology and life sciences to deliver better outcomes for patients and communities”.
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London-based digital health provider Numan has raised $60 million in fresh funding in an extension of its Series B round.
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Kester Capital announced that its portfolio company, Evestia Clinical has acquired Atlantic Research Group, a clinical research organisation, based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Sullivan Street Partners’ portfolio company UK Addiction Treatment Group has the acquired 44-bed rehabilitation centre The Providence Projects.
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Exemplar Health Care has appointed Robert Giles as its new property and developments director.
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Elevation Advisors has announced that during the second quarter of this year it completed the first closing for Elevation Credit Partners III (ECP III).
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The Octopus Healthcare Fund has acquired the new Manor Park care home in Old Malton, North Yorkshire, which is scheduled to welcome its first residents by October.
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The UK care homes market attracted record-high investment volumes of £4 billion in the 12 months since July last year.
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A new hospital run by Cygnet Health Care opened in Shipley, Derbyshire today, to deliver specialist care to adults.
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Cygnet Health Care has purchased the closed Churchfield Care Centre in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire.
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Loveday has opened a luxury care residence Loveday Esher in Surrey, a restored Grade II listed property built in 1864.
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Optibrium has agreed a multimillion annual recurring revenue-based financing package with Shawbrook Bank.
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Independent healthcare providers are carrying out a record number of NHS operations, with the highest ever number of NHS patients referred to the sector in a single month.
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Research by international real estate advisor Savills shows that European care home investment volumes have recovered in H2 2024 and into 2025.
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Morrison Community Care Reilly Ventures has secured £48 million in development funding for two new care homes in Enfield and Epping Forest, London.
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The Salvation Army today announced it will be offloading its care homes as it transitions from providing residential care for older people to grow its community-based support model.
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There is projected to be a huge shortage in elderly care home beds in the south west by 2035, according to a report by Christie & Co.
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OutSee, a genomics and drug discovery company pioneering a predictive genomics approach to target discovery, has secured £1.8 million in seed funding, led by Ahren Innovation Capital.
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Barchester Healthcare has promoted the managing director of its South division, Natasha Lazovic, to the executive board as chief operating officer.
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Franklin Real Asset Advisors has purchased 32 care homes from LDC Care Homes, a real estate property portfolio advised by Elevation Advisors.
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The Assura saga continues as its board, alongside PHP’s board, has announced the terms of a recommended combination of the two companies.
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A new state-of-the-art healthcare facility, part of a £500m transformation programme for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, has been completed in Bournemouth.
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Construction has been completed at Coronation Court, a 33-bedroom care home in Cannock, Staffordshire.
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Bupa has agreed terms to acquire New Victoria Hospital, a private hospital in Kingston Upon Thames.
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Parklands Care Homes has opened Pittyvaich Care Home in Inverness, an £11 million 58 en suite bed purpose-built care facility.
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Healthcare real estate transactions in the UK reached £3.2 billion in 2024, the highest figure seen since 2020, according to property advisor Knight Frank.
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Carsleton Dental, an established four chair private practice in Surrey, has sold to Dr Lara Kriek and Dr Caoimhe Doherty.
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The Bank Dental Practice, a five-surgery occupying a former bank building in Greater Manchester, has sold to a northwest dental group.
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Perci Health, an online platform offering supportive care for those with cancer, has closed a new £3 million funding round.
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Assura has confirmed that the boards of Sana Bidco and Assura have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended best and final cash offer.
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HCA UK has launched a £1.8m expansion of the Portland Hospital Outpatient Centre in Hale, Greater Manchester.
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The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is preparing to sell a portfolio of 12 UK private hospitals valued at around £1.4 billion.
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Omega has released a statement following its acquisition of Four Seasons’ remaining care homes.
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Fortava, the new dementia care provider led by industry giants Johann van Zyl and Jamie Stuart, has officially been launched by Downing.
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Signature Senior Lifestyle, a provider of luxury assisted living, nursing, respite and dementia care, has appointed Rob Martin as its new chief executive.
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Pets at Home has released its preliminary financial results showing the profitability of the vet portion of the business.
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Hakim Group, which comprises independent opticians and audiologists has brought on board global alternative asset manager, ICG as an additional investment partner.
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Technology-focused investment firm Accel-KKR has made a made a majority investment into homecare software company CareLineLive.
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US investor CareTrust REIT has officially announced its acquisition of Care REIT, marking its entrance into the UK market.
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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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Franco-Italian multinational eyeware company EssilorLuxottica is acquiring Optegra, an ophthalmology platform operating in five European markets.
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Motion, a care tech platform, has secured £250,000 of funding to accelerate its expansion across UK care homes.
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CellCentric has appointed Celia Economides as chief financial officer and chief business officer.
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London luxury home care provider Venelle has appointed Stephanie Blenkinsop as deputy manager.
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Hvivo, a London-based early-stage contract research organisation, has appointed Tracey James as an independent non-executive director.
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Assura has adjourned a shareholder meeting scheduled for 5 June, which was set up to discuss the Sana Bidco offer for the firm, following a firm offer from PHP.
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Nordic Capital-backed SpaMedica has opened a new 3,200-square-foot ophthalmic diagnostic and treatment centre in Hereford.
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Greensleeves Care has appointed Chris Poole as its next chief executive, effective from August.
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Topcon Healthcare has invested in Pangaea Data, a health artificial intelligence company specialising in identifying untreated and under-treated patients.
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Cygnet Health Care has acquired a former nursing home in Hyde, Greater Manchester.
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London-based healthtech company Huma Therapeutics has acquired Aluna, also known as Knox Medical Diagnostics.
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Construction works at £17 million extra care housing scheme in Stirchley, Shropshire have been completed and will soon welcome its first residents.
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The Aurora Group, a Gloucester, UK-based provider of specialist education and care services, has appointed Kelvin Donald as its new chief executive.
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Cambridge, UK and Boston, Massachusetts-based CellCentric has completed a $120 million Series C funding round.
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The board of Assura has said it is reviewing a firm takeover offer from PHP.
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Care home developer and provider MACC Care Group has secured £14 million to fund the development of a new-build care home in Codsall, Staffordshire.
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Specialist care provider iBC Healthcare has appointed Amanda Raine as its head of business development.
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Elloughton Pharmacy in Hull, east Yorkshire, has been acquired by local operator Sie Yew Ting.
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