UK domiciliary care providers are seeing a rise in caregiver jobs, job applications, and hires driven by COVID. As lockdown lifts, HBI examines what is happening in the market.
The left-wing opposition in the Flemish parliament has succeeded in postponing a vote on allowing greater private investment into the care home sector.
The proposed takeover of UK-based hospital chain Spire is now off the cards, as global Australia-based group Ramsay failed to rouse sufficient shareholder support for the deal, falling short of the 75% minimum threshold (by value) it needed for approval.
EQT is buying two of Germany's largest radiology companies by revenue, Meine Radiologie and Blikk, with the intention of combining them to create the country's largest group by revenue.
Achieve together, a UK provider of specialist support for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs, has acquired the residential and community services of RNID national hearing loss charity for an undisclosed sum. HBI speaks to Emma Pearson, CEO at Achieve together, to find out more.
France and Greece have joined the growing list of European countries to make vaccinations mandatory for care home staff. Both Italy and UK already have policies on mandatory vaccination. Debate continues to rage about the effect these policies will have on staffing in a sector that already struggles with recruitment and retention.
Blocks Group has acquired Aktios, the leading operator of elderly and dementia care homes in Greece. We talk to Ilian Grigorov, Chairman and CEO of Blocks Group, about the deal and the group's future expansion plans in Southeast Europe.
Kuwait's private hospital market is undergoing a seismic change. Private insurance for local retirees, rolled out in late 2016, now accounts for a third of sales while in 2019/20 the government launched a PPP to move blue-collar foreign nationals out of the public system.
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