H.I.G.-backed Vernacare acquires Bailey Instruments and ASep Healthcare
Vernacare, a UK medical consumables maker, buys two UK specialist firms, Bailey Instruments in podiatry and ASep Healthcare in tourniquets; terms were not disclosed.
H.I.G. Capital-backed Vernacare International has acquired Bailey Instruments, a UK maker of specialist podiatry instruments, and ASep Healthcare, a UK developer of tourniquet solutions for blood collection and venous access. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Bailey Instruments, founded in 1989, supplies podiatry instruments and clinical products through distribution in more than 30 countries, including its SuSol single-use range. ASep Healthcare, founded by clinicians, makes the Tournistrip and Tournistretch tourniquets. Advisers named include Alpha Helix Healthcare Advisors and Osborne Clarke.
Deal facts
- Target
- Bailey Instruments, ASep Healthcare
- Business
- UK maker of podiatry instruments and developer of tourniquet solutions for blood collection
- Acquirer
- Vernacare International
- Backed by
- H.I.G. Capital
- Deal type
- Add-on
- Advisers
- Alpha Helix Healthcare Advisors (Sam Rolls) adviser
- Osborne Clarke (William Nicolson) adviser
- Status
- Completed
- Announced
- Thursday, November 5, 2026
Sources
- Investors in HealthcareNov 5, 2026
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