Nearly 500,000 patients from China travelled abroad for treatment in 2015 with 95% going to other Asian countries. That’s according to a survey by consultancy Global Growth Markets presented at the Private Healthcare Summit in London. But Pete Read, CEO of GGM, says that fear surrounding the lack of follow-up care is a big problem.
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Irish recruiter Cpl buys UK healthcare specialist but issues profit warning
Ireland-based recruiter Cpl Resources has acquired 91% of UK healthcare specialist recruitment company RIG Healthcare Group for £8.1m (€9.3m). But the group also issued a profit warning due to the uncertainty caused by Brexit. We speak to Cpl’s CEO Anne Heraty.
June 21, 2017
WhatClinic targets ten-fold growth in German enquiries
Ireland-based private clinic comparison website WhatClinic has spent €1m on the launch of a new sister platform in German in the hope to attract more patients seeking treatment abroad. The group tells Healthcare Europa it expects a ten-fold growth in the number of enquiries from patients in Germany in the first year.
June 21, 2017
Decline in GCC patients travelling West, but regional medical tourism booms
GCC governments are doing everything they can to keep patients at home. It's working: between 2014 and 2016, private hospitals in the USA, the UK and Germany have all seen a drop in the number of medical tourists from the region - with Germany experiencing a fall of nearly 60%. Graham Elderfield, founder of consultancy Glenfield Consulting, explained why at the Private Healthcare Summit 2017 in London.
June 21, 2017
Capio invests in AI-powered primary care assessment
Pan-European group Capio is introducing a new digital triage system in all its primary care centres in Sweden - and investing in AI. What does it hope to achieve?
June 19, 2017
Fortis targets post-acute homecare to improve AVLOS and profits
India’s second largest healthcare chain Fortis is partnering with home hospitalisation specialist Healthcare At Home India (HCAHI). But the post-acute homecare segment brings its own set of challenges, says Raghava Rao, executive director of consultancy Camomile Healthcare Ventures.
June 15, 2017
Fifth acquisition in less than six months for German elderly care group
German elderly care chain Dorea is making its fifth acquisition since the start of 2017 as it takes over a homecare provider near Hamburg. And it won't stop there, says Dorea's general manager Axel Hölzer.
June 14, 2017
Vitanas to sell to Oaktree
Germany’s third largest elderly care group Vitanas is to sell to US private equity house Oaktree, according to merger filings under review by the EU Commission.
June 14, 2017
Korian buys 1,000 beds in Belgium
France’s largest nursing home chain Korian - and Europe's largest group by revenue - has bought eight facilities consisting of 1,000 beds from Senior Assist in Belgium through its Senior Living Group subsidiary.
June 9, 2017
Irish care home chain attracts French buyer ahead of expansion
Ireland's second largest nursing home chain CareChoice has a new owner. Healthcare Europa speaks to Bruno Candes, partner at French investment firm and infrastructure specialist InfraVia, about why he thinks now is the right time to invest in the care home market in Ireland - and his plans for expansion.
June 9, 2017
Bolivia’s largest health insurer moves into service provision
Nacional Seguros Vida y Salud, Bolivia’s largest health insurer, is looking to vertically integrate through a US$65m investment into a network of hospitals and clinics. Healthcare Nova speaks to president Jose Luis Camacho, who has US$20m put aside for expansion, but is looking for external investors to finance the additional US$45m.
June 8, 2017
Healthcare Europa May 2017
Click here to see your May edition of Healthcare Europa SYNLAB continues its move into environmental testing, Aspen for sale, £15m for UK dentistry, interviews with Eyal Gura at Israeli tech start-up Zebra Medical Vision and Ronald Van Kessel at Dutch Medical Office Buildings (MOBs) manager - plus our round-ups of the IMTJ conference in Croatia […]
