Boutique Care Homes secured planning permission from Dover District Council yesterday to build Catherine Grove care home in Deal, Kent.
Real estateMental health company Cygnet is opening Cygnet Elowen Hospital in Shipley, Derbyshire, in the summer, a new 24-bed hospital for women with eating disorders and mental health issues.
Clinical servicesThe Schoen Clinic Group has opened Wellen Court, Schoen Clinic York, a nursing home with 24/7 care for people with complex dementia and its associated behaviours.
Social carePreferred Homes has completed its £16.3 million Hunslet Moor House development in Leeds, comprising 63 self-contained apartments.
Real estateKara Healthcare has acquired six care homes in the Northeast from administrators and lender ThinCats, alongside another from family-run operator Peterborough Care.
M&AAshley Dalton has been appointed as am under-secretary of state in the Department of Health and Social Care replacing Andrew Gwynne.
Politics & policyGE HealthCare is investing $138 million to expand its Carrigtohill, Cork contrast media fill and finish manufacturing site in Ireland.
DiagnosticsZephyr X has taken out an £8.8 million bridging loan to support a purpose-built 70-bed care home and seven supported living apartments in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Real estateLuxury care home provider North Bay has sold a portfolio of six homes across the north of England for £100m.
M&AElevation Healthcare Properties has acquired land and agreed forward funding to support the development of a care home in Otley, Yorkshire,
Real estateCority Software has acquired Medical Management Systems, trading as Meddbase, which was the first cloud-native clinical software solution designed for healthcare providers in the UK.
TechnologyPan-European PE firm Astborg has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific Medical Media Business, furthering its growth in the assisted reproductive technology market.
M&AThe European health tech market raised $10.8bn in 2024, making it the most funded sector of the year according to data from Dealroom.co.
Market analysisSpecialist support service Consensus has acquired residential care and support provider Creative Care.
M&AMedimatch’s MBO has been supported by Queen’s Park Equity (QPE). The digitalised dental laboratories group MediMatch will use this as a springboard for consolidation.
M&AThe NHS is partnering with ophthalmology giants Optegra to reduce the waiting times for glaucoma treatment.
Private public partnershipsHealth Sciences University has partnered with Oxford International Education Group to increase pathways for international healthcare students.
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Zephyr X has taken out an £8.8 million bridging loan to support a purpose-built 70-bed care home and seven supported living apartments in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Real estateCare 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.
Politics & policyOperating rooms could operate better with a helping hand from technology. That’s the view of Nadine Hachach-Haram, founder of Proximie, a company she describes as the “operating system for the operating room”.
InterviewKara Healthcare has acquired six care homes in the Northeast from administrators and lender ThinCats, alongside another from family-run operator Peterborough Care.
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