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FREE BLOG Is private equity finished with Finland?

This week Finland's competition authority has opposed CVC-backed Mehilainen's proposed takeover of Pihlajalinna saying that the group would hold at least a third of the private market. With so much consolidation, coupled with the effective end of SOTE reforms, we're unlikely to see any more private equity deals go down in the sector. 

FREE BLOG Covid: The good news from Sweden

Is herd immunity a thing? The obvious place to look to answer that is Sweden where the weekly infection rate is more or less flat with 1-2 people dying a day.

FREE BLOG HBI-365 is ready for liftoff

Each week, we bring you our take on what's happening in the world of healthcare services. This week, we're going to allow ourselves to be a little self-indulgent. We know a global healthcare services network is a compelling prospect - because we asked what you wanted and you told us. And now we've built it.

FREE BLOG The hotelier model is a threat to digitalisation

Many of Europe's large hospital groups have now - by will or force - started to seriously consider how outpatient and non-acute care can be treated remotely. However, when each doctor decides what and how any digitalisation is implemented then any strategy will be fragmented. That means groups directly employing their doctors are much likely to get ahead.

FREE BLOG Operators enjoy good summer but second wave jitters obvious

Private healthcare operators across Europe and elsewhere are seeing better-than-usual summer months as they play catch-up on the second quarter. But none are confident this will continue into the autumn and winter months as Europe enters an early second wave of COVID-19.

FREE BLOG Could COVID’s legacy be one of change?

Perspectives on the lasting effects of COVID-19 differ drastically depending on who you talk to. Policymakers and councils funding the most vulnerable providers warn of real ongoing damage to parts of the health and social care sectors. Investors and entrepreneurs, while counting the human and financial cost, can also see some opportunities. Who should you listen to?

FREE BLOG COVID reshapes the sector

Here are three recent quotes which would have been unbelievable in January. "We realise now that we can manage with half the 140 consulting rooms we had planned" Henrik Schødts, deputy CEO, Nordsjællands Hospital.  "We have seen telehealth rise 500%" Arjan Toor, CEO, Cigna Europe.  "We are doing 80% of our emergency consultations by telehealth," Dr Peter Thomas, director of digital innovation and consultant paediatric ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. 

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