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Another German nursing home restructuring due to financial issues

Last month Berlin-based Dorea - a subgroup of European care homes Groupe Maisons de Famille - became the latest German nursing home operator to file for restructuring due to financial difficulties. As the number of companies financially struggling ramps up at an alarming rate and in quick succession, HBI speaks to two market experts to find out what’s going on.

EDG “pulled from sale”

HBI hears the sale of Nordic-owned multinational dentist-led European Dental Group (EDG) is no longer going ahead. Multiple well-placed sources tell us more.

Is Kursana a Cinderella?

Dussmann, the big European facilities management company which also owns Kursana, the fifth largest German nursing home group, saw revenue grow 20% to €2.8 billion in 2022. The company claimed that this was “almost exclusively organic.” But the Care & Kids division which is mainly Kursana didn’t grow at all. Is it a Cinderella?

UPMC continues Irish expansion

US-based multinational hospital group UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre) has bought Irish sports medicine hospital Sports Surgery Clinic. It is the US group’s fourth hospital in Ireland.

Babylon to be taken private by creditors

Shareholders in Babylon, which was worth $4.2bn at listing in October 2021, face being wiped out as it reverts to private ownership as creditor Albacore takes over. CEO and founder Ali Parsa, whose remuneration totalled $7.1m in 2022, is likely to stay on, says a legal expert who says the group could face legal action.

Ireland’s ‘Fair Deal Scheme’ for nursing homes under fire

As an Irish nursing home is pulls one of its homes out of the public funding scheme citing “extreme financial pressure”, and elements in the government appear increasingly hostile to for-profits in the sector, HBI speaks to a market expert and asks if this is a blip, or a trend.

Finnish outsourcing opportunities slow to materialise

The SOTE reform to the Finnish health care system has been in place since January 1, 2023, but additional outsourcing opportunities have been slow to materialise. Operators are nonetheless convinced they are on the way.

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