News
ARCO, the membership body for housing-with-care operators. has called on ministers to bring forward a National Development Management Policy for older people’s housing.
Politics & policyCategory: Topics
News
News
Care provider Kara Healthcare has acquired Simmins Crescent Residential Home in Leicester from sight loss charity Vista.
M&A
News
The Prestige Group has acquired West Lodge Care Home in Crook, County Durham, a family-run residential care facility registered for up to 60 residents.
M&A
Feature
Youssef Sebban, co-founder and managing partner at Eckuity Capital, describes how healthcare investing, long defined by patience, is undergoing a huge transformation.
Market analysis
News
Aria Care is believed to have been acquired by US investment group, Welltower, in a deal said to be worth around £615 million.
M&A
News
Integrum Care Group has purchased the Swanborough House care facility in Brighton, from Renovo Care Group.
M&A
News
Caron Group, an operator of care homes in Wales has acquiredthree purpose-built care homes from Priory Group.
M&A
News
Oak Tree Care Group has purchased two purpose-built care homes providing 162 beds in Lincolnshire offering residential and nursing care for the elderly.
M&A
News
Sale of Barchester Healthcare’s nursing home business is believed to be the world’s-largest care home deal to date
M&A
News
JP McManus, Dermot Desmond, and John Magnier to benefit from sale of UK’s Barchester Healthcare group
M&A
News
Ashberry Healthcare has acquired Brockworth House Nursing Home in Brockworth, Gloucestershire from Methodist Homes.
M&A
News
Medneo UK today announced the acquisition of Fairford Medical's fleet of MRI and CT scanners.
Diagnostics
News
Black Swan Care Group has acquired All Hallows Care Home, in Bungay, Suffolk, which will be fully renovated and re-registered as a 42-bedroom care home.
Social care
News
Bupa is acquiring King Edward VII’s Hospital, an independent private hospital located within the Harley Street health district in central London.
M&A
News
Care provider boosts portfolio following loan from OakNorth
Funding
News
Amanda Nurse, co-founder of Carterwood, summarises some key trends from its recent fee and trading performance research report
Uncategorized
News
Assura announces its trading update for the first half of the year
Company results
News
Sandstone Care Group has acquired two modern, purpose-built care homes in Southport, Merseyside.
M&A
Feature
Hybrid care platforms and pure artificial intelligence suppliers are converging toward a wave of strategic acquisitions, says Dorian Mailard, partner at investment bank Artis Partners
Market analysis
News
Lovett Care has acquired Belvedere Manor Care Home in Colne, Lancashire, from Methodist Homes.
Mergers & Acquisition
News
UK healthcare offers particularly attractive conditions for private equity investment, according to a report by healthcare services fund Weight Partners Capital.
Market analysis
News
Capital Care Group has acquired Town Thorns Care Home in Easenhall, Warwickshire. a recently refurbished home offering residential, dementia, nursing and respite care.
M&A
News
Christie & Co has published its ‘Dental Market Review 2025’ report.
Market analysis
News
Mark Busra of Pegasus Care Homes has purchased Park Lane House Care Home in Dudley, West Midlands.
M&A
News
Family-run care home group English Oak Care Homes has acquired Blackwater Mill, a closed care home in Blackwater near Newport, Isle of Wight.
M&A
News
Warmest Welcome has acquired with Bond UK, which, through its trading company, Castlegrounds, owns and operates Red Court Care Home and The Grove Care Home in Pudsey, Leeds.
M&A
News
Fidia Farmaceutici has acquired Altacor, an ophthalmology company headquartered in Theale, Berkshire.
M&A
News
Total private hospital and clinic admissions in Q1 2025 reached 240,730, the second highest quarterly total on record.
Market analysis
News
Sycamore Partners has acquired Walgreens Boots Alliance in partnership with Stefano Pessina and his family,
M&A
News
Cygnet Social Care has acquired Woodrowe Healthcare, a provider of specialist care and rehabilitation for adults with acquired brain injury, neurological, and complex needs.
M&A
News
Cambridge Cognition has reported a first-half 2025 adjusted EBIDA loss of £400,000.
Company results
News
The UK healthcare real estate market experienced a significant upswing in investment volumes in the first half of this year.
Market reports
News
After a strong start to 2025, there was a small dip in insurer-funded healthcare during Q2 but the sector finished on a high.
Market analysis
News
Inflexion has agreed to sell its investment in European LifeCare Group, a provider of vaccinations in Europe, to a European private equity group.
M&A
News
Foundation Partners and Deer Capital have acquired five operational purpose-built care homes across Kent, adding 513 bedrooms to their Hartford Care brand.
M&A
News
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.
M&A
News
London-based multinational health insurance and healthcare company Bupa has announced pre-tax profit of £510 million for the first six months of 2025.
Company results
News
Dublin-based T-Pro has acquired Sound Business Systems, a provider of clinical documentation software for healthcare organisations across New Zealand and Australia.
M&A
News
Advancing Eyecare has acquired Birmingham Optical Group, which provides optical equipment and services to optician, hospital, eye care clinic and optical laboratory customers.
M&A
News
Assura has released a statement confirming its recommendation that its shareholders accept the PHP bid.
M&A
News
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
M&A
News
Avery Healthcare has acquired Artisan Care Group, the owner of 10 newly developed care homes.
M&A
News
System C has acquired Australian health and care management tech provider MYP Technologies headquartered in South Brisbane, Queensland.
M&A
News
Strategic and private equity buyers continue to have strong interest in UK healthcare assets through the first half of the year, despite ongoing global geopolitical volatility.
Market reports
News
Westbury, Wiltshire-based Candlelight Homecare Services has acquired Kestrel Homecare, a domiciliary care provider based in Heathfield, Sussex
M&A
News
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.
M&A
News
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.
Company results
News
Spire Healthcare has acquired Physiolistic, a physiotherapy business operating three clinics, in Henley, Reading and Windsor, for an initial consideration of £5.2 million.
M&A
News
Medical products and technologies company Convatec has reported operating profit of $179 million for the first half of 2025,
Company results
Feature
Dr Zaid Al-Fagih explains why NHS red tape is pushing UK healthtechs to the Gulf
Technology
News
Knights Pharmacy is acquiring 24 pharmacy stores from Avicenna Retail after securing an eight-figure funding package from HSBC UK.
Pharmacies
News
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.
Company results
News
Kester Capital announced that its portfolio company, Evestia Clinical has acquired Atlantic Research Group, a clinical research organisation, based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
M&A
News
Sullivan Street Partners’ portfolio company UK Addiction Treatment Group has the acquired 44-bed rehabilitation centre The Providence Projects.
M&A
News
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.
Real estate
News
The UK care homes market attracted record-high investment volumes of £4 billion in the 12 months since July last year.
Market analysis
News
Cygnet Health Care has purchased the closed Churchfield Care Centre in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire.
Real estate
News
Lifeyear, a digital cardiovascular care firm, has raised €2.8m (£2.4m) to launch its remote patient management offer in the UK.
In other news...
News
News
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.
Market analysis
News
Franklin Real Asset Advisors has purchased 32 care homes from LDC Care Homes, a real estate property portfolio advised by Elevation Advisors.
M&A
News
The Assura saga continues as its board, alongside PHP’s board, has announced the terms of a recommended combination of the two companies.
M&A
News
Bupa has agreed terms to acquire New Victoria Hospital, a private hospital in Kingston Upon Thames.
M&A
News
Carsleton Dental, an established four chair private practice in Surrey, has sold to Dr Lara Kriek and Dr Caoimhe Doherty.
M&A
Executive Moves
Asset manager Octopus Capital has continued its venture in Spain with the appointment of Rodrigo Cortes as its head of client partnerships in European growth.
In other news...
News
The Bank Dental Practice, a five-surgery occupying a former bank building in Greater Manchester, has sold to a northwest dental group.
M&A
News
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spending review will see NHS funding increase by 3% per year. How are figures in the independent health and social care sector reacting?
Politics & policy
News
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.
M&A
News
HCA UK has launched a £1.8m expansion of the Portland Hospital Outpatient Centre in Hale, Greater Manchester.
Secondary care
News
Last week saw the winners of the annual HealthInvestor Awards announced at a ceremony in London, hosted by comedienne, Katherine Ryan.
Awards
News
News
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is preparing to sell a portfolio of 12 UK private hospitals valued at around £1.4 billion.
M&A
News
A myriad of medical procedures are seeing an uptick in private activity as the NHS looks to reallocate resources in some better-served specialisms to areas of high need.
In other news...
News
Omega has released a statement following its acquisition of Four Seasons’ remaining care homes.
M&A
News
Fortava, the new dementia care provider led by industry giants Johann van Zyl and Jamie Stuart, has officially been launched by Downing.
Social care
News
Pets at Home has released its preliminary financial results showing the profitability of the vet portion of the business.
In other news...
News
US investor CareTrust REIT has officially announced its acquisition of Care REIT, marking its entrance into the UK market.
M&A
News
There were more private hospital admissions in the UK last year than in any previous year on record.
Market analysis
News
Franco-Italian multinational eyeware company EssilorLuxottica is acquiring Optegra, an ophthalmology platform operating in five European markets.
M&A
News
Motion, a care tech platform, has secured £250,000 of funding to accelerate its expansion across UK care homes.
In other news...
News
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.
M&A
News
As reported exclusively by HealthInvestor last week, ADHD 360’s owners have exited the asset.
M&A
News
Cygnet Health Care has acquired a former nursing home in Hyde, Greater Manchester.
Social care
News
London-based healthtech company Huma Therapeutics has acquired Aluna, also known as Knox Medical Diagnostics.
M&A
News
Healthcode’s Q1 data on insurer-funded activity suggests that 2025 is on track to be a record year for UK private healthcare.
In other news...
News
The board of Assura has said it is reviewing a firm takeover offer from PHP.
M&A
Executive Moves
Specialist care provider iBC Healthcare has appointed Amanda Raine as its head of business development.
In other news...
News
Elloughton Pharmacy in Hull, east Yorkshire, has been acquired by local operator Sie Yew Ting.
M&A
News
News
News
News
US-based real estate PE firm Madison International Realty has taken a 24.5% stake in Puma Property Finance Limited.
M&A
Executive Moves
Mansfield Advisors has promoted Ali Bahram to associate partner.
In other news...
News
Downing-backed specialist care provider Mysa Care has acquired Safe Haven, as it continues its growth journey.
M&A
News
The chair of Assura has sent shareholders the full terms and conditions of the recommended cash offer by Sana Bidco, a company owned by KKR and Stonepeak.
M&A
News
Executive Moves
Faith Bose has joined suppliers Health Net Connections LTD as UK sales director.
In other news...
Executive Moves
Channel 3 Consulting has appointed Joe McGarry as executive partner for business development.
In other news...
News
The acquisition of Care REIT by US-based CareTrust REIT looks to be complete.
M&A
Executive Moves
Law firm Browne Jacobson has appointed Bethan Parry as partner in its health and litigation team. She joins from Clyde & Co, where she was legal director.
In other news...