Private Equity Snaps Up UK Health Companies as NHS Struggles: FT

Private equity firms have acquired numerous UK healthcare companies over the past two years as they seek to capitalize on long National Health Service waiting lists, the Financial Timesreported.

Buyout groups have struck 150 deals for UK healthcare companies — including ambulance fleets and diagnostics businesses — since 2021, the FT reported, citing consultancy LaingBuisson. The past two years have been the busiest in terms of volume since at least 2014, the report said.

The recent increase in deals is part of a long-term trend of the NHS buying services from private providers, which began under the last ...