Following the Competition & Markets Authority investigation into private healthcare, and its ‘Final Order’ of 1st October 2014, consultants are looking to invest in an industry they know better than most. These well-funded and enthusiastic stakeholders wish to engage with willing partners to develop private healthcare to the mutual benefit of users, providers and funders.
A number of notable successes including those led by Incorporated Healthcare, together with updated General Medical Council guidance and a new realisation that they can participate as equity shareholders, is driving a market which has been in decline since 2007.