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Record breaking backlog offers further opportunities for UK providers

Four months on from the results of the Elective Recovery Taskforce which promised to bust the UK’s record-breaking backlog with the help of the independent sector, the number of patients waiting 65 weeks or more for treatment has risen to nearly 110,000 people. With the situation even worse than predicted, where are the opportunities for private providers - and who is most likely to benefit?
October 20, 2023

Election raises hopes for for-profit prospects in Poland

Poland’s elections have ousted the populist Law and Justice (PiS) with only a coalition of opposition parties able to form a majority. With the defeat of such a controversial platform and a leftward lurch what can healthcare operators and investors expect next? HBI speaks to four expert sources to find out more.
October 20, 2023

Advent to bankroll Donte Group expansion

Advent International, the PE firm which owns a majority of Spain’s largest dentistry group by revenue Donte Group, is reportedly injecting €70m of financing to boost the group’s growth.
October 20, 2023

Interview: Mostafa ElSayed, Automata Technologies

HBI speaks to Mostafa ElSayed, CEO of Automata Technologies, a London-based start-up offering robotic systems to lab operators. Automata’s machines are designed to automate lab processes that were previously difficult to automate, especially in genomics and microbiology. ElSayed tells us that Automata’s machines can increase throughput by up to 5x for certain types of tests and are already being used in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the US.
October 20, 2023

Spire Healthcare acquires Vita Health

The UK’s largest for-profit hospital group by revenue, Spire Healthcare, this week acquired London-based mental health specialist Vita Health Group in a £74m cash deal. HBI hears there are significant opportunities in outpatient areas like mental health for for-profits to fill the gaps left by a struggling UK NHS.
October 20, 2023

HC-One acquires luxury care home group

Last week, large UK nursing home operator HC-One announced its acquisition of Ideal Carehomes. An additional 36 homes in England will be added to the provider's growing portfolio with another facility expected to open up in Cheltenham next September.
October 19, 2023

The Top 100 largest groups in EMEA by revenue

Who are the biggest health care services companies in EMEA? For the third year running we have compiled a list of the Top 100 companies by revenue from HBI Intelligence's database, which includes 5,000+ health care services operators across Europe, the Middle East and emerging markets across Asia and Latin America. The Top 100 shows these companies’ sales relating to health care service activities in EMEA only.
October 13, 2023

Belgian crackdown after Orpea’s French folly

Outside France, nursing home group Orpea has largely escaped scrutiny in the countries it operates in following its well publicised difficulties, except in its French-speaking neighbour - Belgium. HBI catches up with two operators in the region to hear what the knock-on reputational impact has been like for Belgian businesses.
October 13, 2023
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