Private equity-backed GP chain a winner from Labor health spending
A BGH Capital fund bought ForHealth for $500 million in 2020 and has supercharged its financial performance during the Albanese government's first term in part through successfully bidding to run 30 urgent care clinics around the country, including half of the footprint in Queensland, South Australia and NSW.
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