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Care UK offer - Care Management Matters magazine

January 7, 2010

On December 17th, the Directors of Care UK, in response to recent press speculation, made an announcement on the Stock Exchange confirming that the Board had received a number of approaches from interested parties regarding a possible offer for the Company, including an approach from Bridgepoint Capital Limited at 450 pence per share in cash. The Directors stated that they are currently in the process of evaluating the Company’s options. They further stated, at the time, that these discussions are at an early stage and there can be no guarantee that any formal offer for the Company will be forthcoming nor as to the terms of which any formal offer might be made. More...

Vanguard Healthcare management buy-out

October 9, 2009

Earlier this year, Vanguard Healthcare, which operates the UK national fleet of mobile operating theatres, was acquired by its management from Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity. The original founders of the business have re-joined the management in order to strengthen and support the team. Vanguard Healthcare was acquired by Nuffield Health in 2004 and has benefited from significant investment, enabling the fleet to increase to 36 – the largest such fleet in the world. More...

ACQ - Due Diligence 2009

September 1, 2009

Article from ACQ Magazine Volume 8 Issue 3Focus on Due DiligenceTo read the article, please click on attached file below More...

Risk in planning major healthcare facilities - Paddington Heath Campus Failure

October 1, 2008

Michael Dallas, head of value and risk management, Davis Langdon LLP Michael Dallas outlines the risk management thinking needed for large NHS building projects, taking on board lessons from the failed Paddington Health Campus scheme. Davis Langdon LLP was involved in the early stages - after the submission of the original outline business case (OBC) in 2000 - of the Paddington Health Campus scheme, which was subject of a National Audit Office (NAO) report in May this year. [1] Our aim was to raise the level of risk management to embrace the pre-contract issues facing a project of this complexity and magnitude, which included: clinical risks (not at operational level, but to provide facilities that were fit for purpose clinically); political risks (of changes in policy within which the scheme and, indeed, the NHS, operate); and stakeholder risks (of combining three high-profile NHS trusts into a single entity). More...

Corporate UK presents healthcare Round Table 2008

September 1, 2008

Corporate UKDaniel Wilkins asks a number of industry specialists about the prospects for the healthcare sector in 2008 and 2009. Please see attached file to read the article. More...

The Picture of Health Acqusition Finance - Volume 6 Issue 4, August 2007

April 1, 2008

The Picture of Health Acqusition Finance - Volume 6 Issue 4, August 2007 LCS International Consulting's Joint Managing Director, Paul Saper, talks to ACQ about an ongoing revolution in healthcare and flags up the company's eighth annual conference. Morag Dickson reports. Describe the landscape in the public and private healthcare sectors today, Paul. More...