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10/02/2012
UK-based private equity firm Doughty Hanson has agreed to acquire USP Hospitales, Spain’s third largest hospital operator, from Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland for €355 million (£298 million).
10/02/2012
A primary care trust has abandoned plans to outsource community services to a social enterprise after a campaign to halt the ‘privatisation’ of NHS services reached the High Court.
10/02/2012
Primary healthcare property firm Assura Group has announced revenue growth of 37% to £25.3 million in its third quarter results, up from £18.5 million in the same period the previous year.
09/02/2012
The Private Hospitals Alliance has disbanded, HealthInvestor has learnt.
09/02/2012
August Equity’s live-in care firm Active Assistance has completed the bolt-on acquisition of Neural Pathways, a provider of rehabilitation therapy for patients with neurological conditions.
09/02/2012
Stephen Dorrell, chairman of the health select committee, has told HealthInvestor “the Health & Social Care Bill will not get dropped”, despite mounting pressure on the government over its controversial NHS reforms.
09/02/2012
The opportunities to bid for big NHS community service contracts of the kind won by Assura Medical last year will be limited, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said.
08/02/2012
Mental health firm Partnerships in Care has named Joy Chamberlain as its new chief executive.


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