{"id":275460,"date":"2026-01-09T06:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/275460\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:08:17","slug":"tpg-in-talks-to-buy-unitedhealths-optum-uk-unit-sky-news-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/275460\/","title":{"rendered":"TPG in talks to buy UnitedHealth’s Optum UK unit, Sky News reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 6 (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm TPG (TPG.O), opens new tab<\/a> is close to acquiring UnitedHealth’s (UNH.N), opens new tab<\/a> Optum UK business, in a deal worth between 1.2 billion pounds ($1.62 billion) and 1.4 billion pounds, Sky News reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The deal could be announced in the coming weeks but has not yet been finalised and could still fall apart, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

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Optum’s UK business supplies electronic patient record systems to most of Britain’s general practitioners.<\/p>\n

TPG could seek to combine Optum UK with Nextech, a U.S.-based electronic medical record software provider also owned by the PE firm, the report said.<\/p>\n

UnitedHealth, Optum and TPG did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.<\/p>\n

Bank of America is advising on the latest sale process, which also drew interest from other buyout firms, including Blackstone, Sky reported.<\/p>\n

The UK unit had last changed hands about two years ago, when UnitedHealth’s Optum acquired<\/a> EMIS – a major supplier of GP software – in a 1.24 billion pound deal that was cleared by the UK competition regulator in 2023 after an in-depth Phase 2 probe.<\/p>\n

($1 = 0.7401 pounds)<\/p>\n

Reporting by Siddhi Mahatole in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo<\/p>\n

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