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Health Care - 1997
Bupa has acquired Care First, the nursing homes operator, in a deal that values the company at £273m and will help Bupa build up a national network of healthcare services.
23-Dec-1997
Sinclair Montrose is acquiring Premiere Group, the healthcare recruitment agency, for £10.7m.
18-Nov-1997
Vickers is to sell its medical businesses, including Airshields, Medelec, TECA and Medical Industrial Equipment, to Hillenbrand of the US for a price expected to be about £75m.
05-Nov-1997
Westminster Healthcare is acquiring Libra Health Care for £22.8m, and is selling Libra's New Hall Hospital, which specialises in plastic surgery, to Community Hospitals for £8m.
23-Sep-1997
Care UK, the provider of nursing home services, has acquired Care Solutions and Homebridge for £4m.
12-Sep-1997
Cinven, the private equity specialist, is acquiring the UK and French healthcare interests of Compagnie Generale des Eaux, including General Healthcare Group of the UK which will be merged with Amicus Healthcare.
03-Jul-1997
Innovative Technologies is acquiring Polymedica Woundcare, the US wound care company, from Polymedica Industries for £10.8m.
24-Jun-1997
Bupa is to acquire Goldsborough, the chain of 32 nursing homes and six hospitals, for £77m.
07-Jun-1997
Quality Care Homes has agreed to a £46m takeover bid from Principal Healthcare Investors, which will run the nursing homes in a joint venture with Tamaris.
19-May-1997
Bentley Health Care, a new company being set up by a former executive of Zeneca, is aiming to raise up to $300m to set up a chain of cancer and HIV clinics.
16-May-1997
Vaux Group has sold its St Andrews nursing homes business to Highfield Group for an initial £35m, which will more than double the size of Highfield to over 3,500 beds.
28-Feb-1997