https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/ The business of general practice, daily. en-au https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-21.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-21.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and it is the standing threads checked rather than a new development. No new Australian GP practice acquisition has reached the ACCC register since Partnered Health's own 3 July Ryan Plaza notification (MN-15027), re-checked directly this morning: still at Phase 1 initial assessment, effective 3 July, submissions concluded, no determination published, and the determination period ending 14 August. A Phase 1 decision flagged for the second half of July has not yet appeared, and the Bupa-Partnered Health parent transaction is still absent as a separate notification, so the ACCC and Foreign Investment Review Board approvals the Bupa deal needs remain outstanding. The data breach at Partnered Health still sits over that acquisition, unchanged since Monday's detail: 21 named clinics across five states and territories, Medicare, private health insurance and Veteran Card (DVA) numbers among the information at risk, an interim NSW Supreme Court injunction, and the patient-management software vendor Best Practice cleared. In New Zealand, Green Cross Health's NZD 270m sale of The Doctors to Tend Health is still targeted for completion by 31 July, with no completion notice sighted on the NZX today. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-20.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-20.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and it is fresh detail on a deal already on the watch list rather than a new transaction. Coverage published on Friday afternoon, after that day's scan, adds detail to the data breach that sits over Bupa's pending acquisition of Partnered Health. Partnered Health has now named the 21 affected clinics across five states and territories, five where it is still investigating and 16 where healthcare-record data may be affected. Where a clinic held it, the information at risk can include Medicare numbers, private health insurance and Veteran Card (DVA) numbers and clinical records, not only names and contact details. The patient-management software provider Best Practice has been cleared: it confirmed Partnered Health as a customer but said its platform was not compromised and it is not part of the incident response. Partnered Health holds an interim NSW Supreme Court injunction against use or publication of the data, and the 22-day gap between detection on 23 June and disclosure on 15 July still draws expert criticism, though it sits inside the OAIC's 30-day assessment window. For the buyer the direction is unchanged and the scope firmer: this stays a live diligence and regulatory-exposure question at the target, not a change to deal timing. The register has not moved: no new Australian GP practice acquisition since Partnered Health's own 3 July Ryan Plaza notification (MN-15027), checked directly this morning, still at Phase 1 with submissions concluded and its determination period ending 14 August. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-17.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-17.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and it is a timing marker rather than a deal. The Medical Republic reported yesterday that Bupa's acquisition of Partnered Health remains subject to regulatory approval, with settlement expected later this year. The wording is the outlet's own rather than a quoted Bupa statement, so treat it as a single-source marker rather than a company commitment: Bupa's own 18 June announcement set no timetable, saying only that the deal was subject to ACCC and Foreign Investment Review Board approval and other customary conditions. Bupa did put distance between itself and the data breach at its target, saying Partnered Health 'is not yet owned nor managed by Bupa Australia' and that no Bupa customer or employee data is affected. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said organisations generally have 30 days to assess whether a breach is likely to result in serious harm before they notify, which puts Partnered Health's 22-day delay inside the statutory window despite the criticism of it. The register has not moved: no new Australian GP practice acquisition has reached it since Partnered Health's own 3 July Ryan Plaza notification, which sits at Phase 1 with submissions concluded and its determination period ending 14 August. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-16.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-16.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and it lands on a deal already on the watch list. Partnered Health, the general practice and skin cancer network that Bupa agreed to buy for about $450m on 18 June, told patients on 15 July that an attacker had accessed its systems on 23 June, five days after the deal was announced and while the acquisition still needs ACCC and Foreign Investment Review Board clearance. The group has written to patients at 21 clinics across five states and territories, has confirmed that data was taken from 16 of them, and has an interim NSW Supreme Court injunction against the use or publication of the stolen material. For a buyer mid-clearance this is deal-execution risk, cyber liability and notifiable-breach exposure landing on top of the ACCC and FIRB conditions. The register has not otherwise moved: no new Australian GP practice acquisition has reached it since Partnered Health's own 3 July Ryan Plaza notification, which sits at Phase 1 with submissions concluded and its determination period ending 14 August. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-15.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-15.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and it is a condition clearing rather than a fresh deal. Green Cross Health shareholders approved the NZD 270m sale of The Doctors to Tend Health at the company's annual meeting in Auckland yesterday, Tuesday 14 July. The results notice filed with the NZX records the special resolution as passed, NZ Doctor reported overwhelming support, and completion is now targeted for the end of July. In Australia the register has not moved: no new GP practice acquisition has reached the ACCC register since Partnered Health's 3 July notification, and no determination has been published on that first mandatory-regime matter, its bid for the 11-GP Medicine on Second clinic at Maroochydore (MN-15027), which sits at Phase 1 with submissions now closed and the determination period ending 14 August. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-14.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-14.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and it is a milestone reaching its date rather than a fresh deal. In New Zealand, Green Cross Health held its shareholders' meeting in Auckland today, Tuesday 14 July, and put the NZD 270m sale of The Doctors to Tend Health to the vote. The board recommended in favour, the poll result had not been published on the NZX at the time of writing, and completion is targeted for 31 July if approved. Closer to home the register is quiet: no new GP practice acquisition has reached the ACCC register since Partnered Health's 3 July notification, and no determination has been published on that first mandatory-regime matter, its bid for the 11-GP Medicine on Second clinic at Maroochydore (MN-15027). Submissions closed on 10 July, and a Phase 1 determination is expected in the second half of July. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-13.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-13.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and it is the regulatory calendar rather than a deal. No new GP practice acquisition has reached the ACCC register since Partnered Health's 3 July notification, and no determination on that first mandatory-regime matter, its bid for the 11-GP Medicine on Second clinic at Maroochydore (MN-15027), has been published. Submissions closed on 10 July, a determination is expected in the second half of July, and the statutory determination period ends 14 August. In New Zealand, Green Cross shareholders vote tomorrow, Tuesday 14 July, on the NZD 270m sale of The Doctors to Tend Health, with completion targeted for 31 July. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-10.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-10.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and again it is the regulatory calendar rather than a deal. Submissions on the first GP practice notification under the mandatory merger regime, Partnered Health's bid for the 11-GP Medicine on Second clinic at Maroochydore (MN-15027), closed today, Friday 10 July, and the matter now moves to the ACCC's Phase 1 determination. The ACCC register, checked directly today, is otherwise unchanged: no new GP practice notification has joined since Partnered Health's 3 July filing, and the Bupa-Partnered Health parent transaction is still absent. A determination is expected in the second half of July, with the statutory determination period ending 14 August. In New Zealand, Green Cross shareholders vote on the NZD 270m sale of The Doctors to Tend Health on Tuesday 14 July. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-09.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-09.html Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today, and it is a deadline rather than a deal. Submissions on the first GP practice notification under the mandatory merger regime, Partnered Health's bid for the 11-GP Medicine on Second clinic at Maroochydore (MN-15027), close on Friday 10 July. The ACCC register, re-checked directly today, is unchanged: no new GP practice notification has joined since Partnered Health's 3 July filing, and the Bupa-Partnered Health parent transaction is still absent. A Phase 1 determination is expected in the second half of July. In New Zealand, Green Cross shareholders vote on the NZD 270m sale of The Doctors to Tend Health on Tuesday 14 July. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-08.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-08.html Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 Two items today, both about the register rather than a deal. No new GP practice notification has joined the ACCC acquisitions register since Partnered Health filed for the Ryan Plaza clinic on 3 July. Submissions on that notification, the first GP practice matter under the mandatory merger regime, close on Friday 10 July, with a Phase 1 determination expected in the second half of July and a statutory deadline of 30 business days that falls in mid-August. In policy, the health department is still revising its Medicare assignment of benefit guidance. And the New Zealand comparator holds its date: Green Cross shareholders vote on the NZD 270m sale of The Doctors to Tend Health next Tuesday, 14 July. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-07.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-07.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 One item today. The NZ comparator has firm dates: Green Cross shareholders vote on the NZD 270m sale of The Doctors to Tend Health at the company's AGM in Auckland on Tuesday 14 July, with completion expected at the end of the month. Closer to home the signal is a deadline: submissions on Partnered Health / Ryan Plaza (MN-15027), the first GP practice notification under the mandatory merger regime, close on Friday; no new GP practice notification has joined the ACCC register since that filing on 3 July. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-06.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-06.html Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 Three items today, all deals. The new merger regime has met the GP roll-up: Partnered Health's notification for a single 11-GP Maroochydore clinic is the first GP practice acquisition on the ACCC's public register since mandatory notification commenced on 1 January, confirmation that the cumulative threshold bites at single-practice level. AFR Street Talk has put $450m on Bupa-Partnered Health, and nib's travel insurance sale to Allianz reached the register the same day. https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-03.html https://gpzoo.com.au/daily/2026-07-03.html Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +1000 Three items today: one market, one policy, one deals watch. No new Australian GP transaction. The clearest signal is at the other end of the market: Kalbarri's only GP clinic has closed, a marker of where sellable independent stock is disappearing. And the ATO has still not issued the valuation guidance every practice owner needs before the 1 July 2027 CGT reset.