{"id":156775,"date":"2025-11-01T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T08:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/156775\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T08:20:12","slug":"narayana-health-enters-uk-acquires-practice-plus-group-with-rs-2-2k-cr-buy-company-among-indias-top-3-healthcare-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/156775\/","title":{"rendered":"Narayana Health enters UK, acquires Practice Plus Group; with Rs 2.2K-cr buy, company among India\u2019s top 3 healthcare providers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/representative-image.jpg\" alt=\"Narayana Health enters UK, acquires Practice Plus Group; with Rs 2.2K-cr buy, company among India\u2019s top 3 healthcare providers\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> BENGALURU: Narayana Health has acquired UK-based Practice Plus Group Hospitals for Rs 2,200 crore, marking its entry into the UK healthcare market. The acquisition expands Narayana Health\u2019s global footprint, positioning the company among India\u2019s top three healthcare providers by revenue.Narayana Health operates a comprehensive network of primary, secondary, and super-specialty tertiary-care facilities across India and the Caribbean.Practice Plus Group operates 12 hospitals and surgical centres specialising in orthopaedics, ophthalmology, and general surgery. It is the fifth-largest private hospital group in the UK, performing around 80,000 surgeries annually.The acquisition gives Narayana Health access to a mature UK healthcare market that is increasingly shifting toward day-care procedures and seeing rising private-pay participation. Demand for surgeries \u2014 particularly in the private sector \u2014 is projected to grow significantly in the coming years.Dr Devi Shetty, founder and chairman of Narayana Health, said, \u201cLike Narayana Health, Practice Plus Group recognised that many patients were struggling to access healthcare, while only a minority could afford costly private healthcare. We have both been working to meet the demands of those in between and to offer a new choice of more accessible private healthcare.\u201dHe told TOI, \u201cWe realise our strength lies in managing volumes. We built a digital platform with 50 software engineers developing AI tools, and we are leveraging AI to enhance the customer experience.\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Narayana Health enters UK, acquires Practice Plus Group\" msid=\"125008237\" width=\"\" title=\"With 2.2K-Cr Buy, Co Among India\u2019s Top 3 Healthcare Providers\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/narayana-health-enters-uk-acquires-practice-plus-group.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With 2.2K-Cr Buy, Co Among India\u2019s Top 3 Healthcare Providers<\/p>\n<p>Narayana Health employs 18,822 professionals, including 3,868 doctors and specialists, across its network.Jim Easton, chief executive of Practice Plus Group, said, \u201cDr Shetty and Narayana Health have an enviable reputation for high-quality, efficient healthcare with a human touch. I\u2019m excited about what Practice Plus Group\u2019s hospitals and surgical centres can achieve with the commitment and expertise of Narayana Health behind us.\u201dWith this integration, Narayana Health aims to bring Practice Plus Group\u2019s hospital division into its ecosystem, leveraging its strong technology foundation to drive innovation and long-term value creation for patients, and stakeholders.Practice Plus Group reported 12% year-on-year growth over the past five years. It\u2019s owned by Bridgepoint, a global private markets growth investor managing $86 billion in assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENGALURU: Narayana Health has acquired UK-based Practice Plus Group Hospitals for Rs 2,200 crore, marking its entry into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275],"tags":[19835,91474,18,135,475,474,13106,19,17,91470,91471,91473,91472],"class_list":{"0":"post-156775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-acquisition","9":"tag-day-care-procedures","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-care","13":"tag-healthcare","14":"tag-healthcare-providers","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-narayana-health","18":"tag-practice-plus-group","19":"tag-surgical-centres","20":"tag-uk-healthcare-market"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115473470322322249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}