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End to French labs strike as agreement struck with government

The unions representing French labs groups called an end to their strike on Tuesday, January 10, after reaching an agreement with the government on tariff cuts for 2023. The agreement specifies that up to €250m of labs’ funding can be cut in 2023, but that no further cuts will be made during the year. While this deal ends the immediate problem, HBI hears it has only delayed further conflict.

Sanoptis targets Spain for expansion

Sanoptis, Germany’s second largest ophthalmology group by revenue, is looking to expand in Spain, and beyond, and looking at targets to buy.

Winning the workforce war: Evercare expands training facilities

Many emerging market hospital groups seem a hot ticket at the moment. They have the stability which comes with hospitals, married to far more growth than you might expect in Europe, but the workforce war is making investors think twice. HBI speaks to two experts to learn more about how in-house training is proving to be a solution to workforce woes.

Eight predictions for for-profit health care in 2023

2022 was a tumultuous year for for-profit health care. The year began with a sense of things returning to a new normal, after the major disruption of the Covid pandemic throughout 2020 and 2021. But then, not even two months in, Russia invaded Ukraine, and this quickly led to an energy and economic crisis throughout Europe. For the first time in decades inflation reached double-digit figures across almost every OECD country and the era of near-zero interest rates came to an abrupt end. The second half of the year saw major worries about a looming recession and a potential debt crisis, rapidly falling investment and M&A deal volumes slowing to almost a standstill.

UK warns off Turkey after deaths

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued a travel warning following the deaths of 22 British nationals who sought medical treatment in Turkey. The country has recently seen a tsunami of patients taking the trip due to a failing NHS in England and the promise of more affordable cosmetic surgeries. HBI speaks to three Turkey-based analysts to understand whether the safeguarding concerns are warranted and what impact the warnings could have on the medical tourism industry.

Softened Hungarian reform still risks workforce exodus

The Hungarian government has removed from its proposed new health care law the requirement that private doctors would need to work at least 20 hours a month in the public sector. However, the rest of the controversial reform remains unaltered.

VC interest in digital health investment remains strong

Despite economic downturn and inflationary pressure, venture capital interest in healthcare, and specifically digital health, remains strong. HBI chats with UK investment company Albion VC to find out more.

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