The three founders of Asia-Pacific occupational health care provider Fullerton Healthcare have been charged for paying bribes to the (now former) CEO of insurance and professional services firm Aon Singapore. A regional source tells us this is an example of the risks that come with having a more free-wheeling private health sector.
Portugal's governing Socialist Party wants to force doctors who train in public universities to stay in the NHS for a minimum period if it wins the upcoming election.
Rapid expansion is taking place across many of Europe's largest PE-owned nursing home groups. We've compiled data on growth in the revenue, number of facilities and number of beds for ten of EMEA's largest PE-owned nursing home groups.
For-profit hospital groups in Germany are not immune to the cost pressures which are causing many public hospitals to become insolvent. But the CEO of Germany’s fourth largest group, Ameos, tells us the restructuring of Germany’s hospital sector is necessary, and that for-profit groups may ultimately benefit by gaining greater market share.
Livi, the UK and French brand of Sweden-based digital health and primary care provider Kry, has extended its contract with insurer Vitality. The group’s COO explains why partnering is key to digital-first providers.
Pan-Asian hospital giant IHH Healthcare is aborting its plans to IPO its India-based indirect subsidiary Agilus Diagnostics - which was proposed in late summer last year - due to “commercial considerations”.
The conservative health and care services sector is in the process of being disrupted. Traditional models are being called into question. With the pandemic firmly in our rear-view mirror, the experimentation that it forced combined with gigantic leaps in technology and a shift in mindset from patient to consumer is setting the stage for fundamental change.
While inspections at facilities belonging to French multinational elderly care operator Orpea have been commonplace within France, news of Europe-wide police raids sweeping Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland is now making headlines.
Despite opposition, the AI Act seems to be ploughing ahead right on schedule. This week, two key groups of lawmakers - the European Commission's civil liberties (LIBE) and internal market (IMCO) committees - gave their overwhelming support for the new law, which should come into force this summer.
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