handl Group expands UK presence with IPRS Group acquisition

‘Biggest acquisition handl Group has completed to date’

Hemma Visavadia
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Health solutions provider handl Group has announced the acquisition of the IPRS Group (Injury, Prevention and Rehabilitation Services) expanding its UK footprint.

The deal will further Lancashire-based handl Group's operations within "key Government and NHS sectors", as well as expand its private medical insurance (PMI) distribution channels. IPRS Group offers a range of clinical health products and services to the public and private sectors. It has four main brands: IPRS Health which offers physiotherapy, mental health, and wellbeing services, IPRS Mediquipe which distributes Biodex functional assessment, rehabilitation equipment and training to elite sports, universities, and the NHS. IPRS Aeromed supplies paramedic led, medical repatriati...

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