GHG sells two former Nuffield hospitals as OFT investigation progresses

General Healthcare Group (GHG) has sold two of the hospitals it bought from Nuffield in February following an on-going investigation into the acquisition by...

Spire to expand Murrayfield with new £25m facility

Spire Healthcare has announced the development of a 15-bed diagnostic centre and hospital in Edinburgh.The group, which acquired Classic Hospitals in February (HMN March...

BUPA back in hospital market with Cromwell acquisition

BUPA has re-entered the UK private hospital market less than a year after it sold its 25-strong hospital portfolio to Cinven for £1.44bn following...

Ramsay strong at half-year

Australian hospital operator Ramsay Healthcare Limited has released its first set of financial results since acquiring Capio UK last year.The Sydney-listed, St. Leonards New South...

Capio Nightingale treads a new path

Capio Nightingale has said that it plans to focus on its private patient business following a £700,000 refurbishment of its hospital in Lisson Grove,...

Private equity firms eye Nestor

A host of private equity companies and healthcare providers are reportedly lining up to eye the troubled health and social care business Nestor Healthcare.Despite...

Craegmoor emerging from the tunnel

Amid continued speculation that private equity group Legal and General Ventures (LGV) plans to sell Craegmoor Limited (CCMN March 2008), the specialist healthcare provider...

Nomura buys Premier Medical

Nomura Private Equity, the buyout arm of the Asia-based investment bank, has acquired a majority stake in Premier Medical Group for an undisclosed sum.Premier...

Merrill Lynch snaps up IDH

Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE), the private equity arm of the investment bank, has acquired Legal & General Venture Capital’s (LGV) controlling interest...

Ex-BUPA hospitals portfolio back together after Spire buys Classic

Spire Healthcare has emerged as the second largest independent hospital provider in the UK after acquiring its former bedfellow Classic Hospitals from Legal &...