{"id":74837,"date":"2016-10-07T15:47:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ebb277f2d88b65ef2ebfe092fa9504d2"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:47:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:47:23","slug":"news-story-cma-consults-on-mental-healthcare-merger-remedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=74837","title":{"rendered":"News story: CMA consults on mental healthcare merger remedies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>On 14 July 2016 the Competition and Markets Authority (<abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/acadiapriory-merger-faces-in-depth-investigation\">found<\/a> that there is a realistic prospect that Acadia Healthcare Company Inc\u2019s acquisition of Priory Group No.1 Ltd could lead to a substantial lessening of competition (SLC) in 21 areas across 5 mental healthcare services provided to NHS organisations and local authorities in England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> said in July that it would give detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/cma-considers-undertakings-in-acadiapriory-merger\">consideration to undertakings offered by Acadia<\/a> to sell a portfolio of hospitals to an approved upfront buyer, to address these concerns, instead of referring the merger for an in-depth investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Acadia is now proposing to divest 22 hospitals, supplying a range of mental health services and rehabilitation services (listed in Annex 1 of the <span id=\"attachment_1752167\" class=\"attachment-inline\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/558887\/notice-of-consultation-on-proposed-uils-acadia-priory.pdf\">notice of consultation<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">243KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">12 pages<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n), and has proposed either Advent or BC Partners as the upfront buyer.<\/p>\n<p>Before reaching a final decision the <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> is inviting interested parties to comment on whether the proposed undertakings and the proposed buyers are appropriate to address the competition concerns that the <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> has identified.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wishing to respond to the <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> consultation should do so in writing, no later than 5pm on 22 October to <a href=\"mailto:maxwell.harris@cma.gov.uk\">maxwell.harris@cma.gov.uk<\/a> or by post to:<\/p>\n<div class=\"address\">\n<div class=\"adr org fn\">\n<p>Maxwell Harris<br \/>\n<br \/>Competition and Markets Authority<br \/>\n<br \/>Victoria House<br \/>\n<br \/>Southampton Row<br \/>\n<br \/>London WC1B 4AD<br \/>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All information relating to this investigation can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/cma-cases\/acadia-healthcare-company-priory-group-merger-inquiry\">case page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CMA is consulting on proposals from Acadia to sell 22 Partnerships in Care (PiC) and Priory hospitals to remedy competition concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}