Direct\nHealthcare Group (DHG) have entered into an agreement with Handicare AB to\nacquire Handicare\u2019s Patient Handling division in Europe and the Rest of World\nmarkets, excluding North America. The transaction is expected to close in early\nMay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Handicare\u2019s\nPatient Handling division offers solutions to increase the independence and\nmobility to individuals across acute, community and long-term care\nenvironments. These solutions encompass a comprehensive range of transfer,\nrepositioning and lifting aids that effectively encourage earlier mobilisation\nof the individual, whilst reducing strain placed on the healthcare personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nacquisition of Handicare\u2019s Patient Handling division provides key synergies in\nDHG\u2019s ambition to \u201cAdvance Movement and Health\u201d, significantly broadening the\nportfolio offering to provide healthcare personnel with a single solution provider\nthat can positively impact on touchpoints across the 24 hours of care; from bed\nto bedside, and now further.
\nThe increased portfolio of solutions will now enable Direct Healthcare Group to\ndeliver Intelligent Pressure Care Management, Specialist Seating, Bariatric\nCare and Safe Moving & Handling into a wider market space and across a\nbroader patient population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nacquisition continues to provide strategic growth into more European markets,\nincluding direct sales teams in Sweden, Norway, Demark and the Netherlands;\nwhilst further strengthening DHG\u2019s position in the UK. This provides a\nsignificant milestone in DHG becoming a leading European provider of customer\nfocused, high quality and cost-effective solutions and products to facilitate\nthe care of patients with limited mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Graham\nEwart, CEO at Direct Healthcare Group, said: <\/strong>\u201cThe acquisition of Handicare Patient Handling\nEurope represents a key strategic step in delivering our clinically proven,\nmarket-leading Pressure Care Management and Specialist Seating portfolios into\nwider European markets presently serviced by Handicare. With the addition of\nPatient Handling Europe, we can encourage even safer, earlier mobilisation and\nrecovery across a broader patient population. This will continue DHG\u2019s more\nthan decade-old history of achieving better health outcomes and economic\nefficiencies for those who would otherwise be bed bound.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Erik \u00d8stby, current EVP Patient Handling Europe & RoW, will continue to\nlead the commercial operations for the Patient Handling division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n