Time to grow
As demand for private healthcare is sustained, LaingBuisson’s Private Acute Healthcare Conference heard how operators are seizing the opportunities for expansion across all areas...
Unlocking the future of cancer survival: can a ten-point plan transform the UK’s standing?
The sustainability of cancer care in the UK was a key theme at LaingBuisson’s Private Acute Healthcare Conference on 11 October. Prior to the...
Medical tourism: boon or bane for consumers and health care systems?
The World Health Organisation estimates the medical tourism market to be worth US$100bn, on the verge of explosive growth, and forecast to expand 25%...
Maven Clinic expands UK presence with acquisition of Naytal
Women’s and family health specialist Maven Clinic has acquired London-based digital health company Naytal in a bid to accelerate its expansion in the UK...
Totally plc secures £10m NHS 111 contract
Out-of-hospital healthcare services provider Totally plc has been awarded a £10m contract to provide national NHS 111 contingency services.
The one-year contract was secured by Vocare, which is...
To outsource or to insource, that is the question
The NHS insourcing market has been attracting increased interest from investors and offers NHS trusts a number of advantages when using non-NHS provision to...
Ireland: Biosynth Carbosynth expands IVD offering with acquisition of Aalto Bio Reagents
KKR-backed Biosynth Carbosynth, a materials supplier to the life science industry, has acquired Ireland-based Aalto Bio Reagents is a global provider of proteins, antigens, HIV...
Sweden: Eir Ventures I life sciences VC fund closes at €122.3m
Eir Ventures, a Nordic Life Science Venture Capital manager, has closed Eir Ventures I at €122.3m (US$137.8m) . The fund is the firm’s first...
Japan: Nipro inks Japan healthcare’s first sustainability-linked loan
Green bonds have become a mainstay of financing in Japan, but the sustainability-linked loan market has been much slower to take off there. It...
Transform offers student placements at Midlands site
Transform Hospital Group has partnered with Birmingham City University to offer student placements at its Bromsgrove hospital.
Under the collaboration, up to seven students on the...