GenesisCare

GenesisCare (not to be confused with Genesis Health System of Iowa, or Genesis HealthCare of Pennsylvania) is the largest provider of cancer and cardiac care services in Australia, and have cancer treatment centers in the United Kingdom and Spain. The company was founded by Dan Collins in Brisbane in 2005. China Resources Group and Macquarie Capital bought 56% of the company for A$1.7 billion in July 2016. At that time it was said to be treating more than 2,500 patients a day in more than 150 locations. The doctors and managers have a substantial stake in the business. It plans to expand in the United Kingdom, Spain and China.[1]

Australia

The company operates cancer care services in two large public hospitals on behalf of the state government of Western Australia. It treats more than 26,000 Australians a year, employs 1,400 people and has 125 clinics.[2]

England

Cancer Partners UK launched its first radiotherapy treatment centre in the UK in 2009. GenesisCare bought the firm's 8 cancer centres in 2015. It now runs diagnostic and treatment centres in Milton Keynes, Oxford and Maidstone. The Cancer treatment centre in Elstree is run in conjunction with Spire Healthcare's Bushey Hospital. Its radiotherapy centres in Birmingham, Guildford, Nottingham, Portsmouth and Southampton are in or near private hospitals.[3] It is opening a centre in Windsor in 2017.[4]

Spain

It has 17 centres in Spain after the purchase of IMOncology and Oncosur Group during 2016.[5]

References

  1. "China Resources, Macquarie team up to buy control of Australia healthcare firm GenesisCare". Reuters. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. "Chinese Government owned company buys stake in Australian health provider GenesisCare". Australian Daily Telegraph. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. "About our cancer centres". GenesisCare. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. "GENESISCARE SIGNS FOR WINDSOR PREMISE". Insider Media. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. "El grupo GenesisCare de servicios médicos extiende su actividad en Andalucía". Diario de Sevilla. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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