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healthcare and education

Investment decisions in businesses within the health and social care sectors and field of education carry a unique set of opportunities and risks. The delivery of a quality service is a top priority and requires focus and investment.

Our investment team:

• Carefully balances commercial and quality objectives
  
• Looks for businesses that aim to combine service quality and value for money
  
• Understands and is comfortable with the challenges of operating a regulated environment
• Helps organisations adapt their business models to new market and economic conditions
• Has extensive experience in the social care, primary care and healthcare IT subsectors
• Supports businesses to increase quality and operating efficiency as well as profitability

Industry prospects

• Continued growth in private sector involvement across the market, especially in primary and community care
  
• Personalisation: this agenda will transfer buying influence towards the ultimate service user, who will have increasing influence over their individual health and social care budget
  
• A more consumer-based approach to public sector services is creating excellent opportunities for businesses that can adapt to the changing market
  
• Continued evolution of service delivery models and ongoing pressure to move healthcare services from the acute to the primary care environment 
  
• A tightening funding environment
• More investment in businesses dealing directly with the consumer
  
• An increasing split between the commissioning and provision of services
  
• The increasing fusion of health and social care funding and business models