Healthscope : Aged care not a priority for new owners

Healthscope’s new owners Carlyle Group and TPG Capital look likely to concentrate expansion plans on the hospital and pathology operations before they consider a push into aged care. Healthscope this week reported a 37.7% increase in net profit to $99.28 million as its local and international pathology units and its Australian hospitals increased revenue by 11.5% to $1.84 billion.