Nearly two-thirds (62%) of registered NHS app users are over 66. Does this present an opportunity for private providers and their own digital offerings? Three E-vangelists explain why pioneers should be cautious.
Hemithea (formerly Imithea), the parent company of Greece’s largest private hospital Henry Dunant, is set to take over the secondary care activities of healthcare group Euromedica, as opposed to merging with it, among a flurry of possible Greek hospital sales.
Global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs has closed one of the largest first-time private life sciences growth funds. Its West Street Life Sciences I raised "$650 million in equity commitments from a global, diverse group of institutional, strategic and high net worth investors and meaningful commitment from Goldman Sachs employees" according to the bank.
A new year brings a new wave of senior appointments. After four years of service at international teleradiology specialist Medica, CEO Stuart Quin is leaving to join London-based healthcare investment advisor GHO Capital as a new partner. Former Voyage Care CEO Andrew Cannon is lined up as Quin’s replacement, while mydentist executive chairman Tom Riall is Medica’s new chair.
Multinational dialysis giant Diaverum has entered the Greek market with the acquisition of six clinics. HBI hears the group has plans to consolidate more of the market and become the country’s best quality provider.
As we kick off the new year, HBI speaks to healthcare market experts across a variety of countries and subsectors, and hears what they think is in store for 2024. An election-heavy year could herald changes – but will any be enough to stave off the challenges of workforce, inflation, and soaring costs?
Spanish nursing home operator DomusVi has sold five of its Spanish homes to Luxembourg-based fund manager Threestones Capital Management for around €35m through its TSC Eurocare IV fund, marking Threestones largest acquisition in Spain to date. DomusVi will continue to manage the residences.
One week into the new year, and it’s already painfully clear that personnel problems persist. As a tide of industrial action by healthcare workers sweeps across the UK, HBI speaks to two market experts for their predictions about the workforce crisis going into 2024.
Recent reports have suggested that Saudi Arabian healthcare groups are increasingly uninterested in hiring foreign workers due to the policy of Saudization, but HBI hears this is not always the case, with two major hospital groups looking to increase their Pakistani workforces.
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