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HBI Deals+Insights briefing, July 2020: Connect members

Click here to see your July 2020 edition of Deals+Insights This month, the Middle East takes centre stage with the potential carve-up of NMC Health and the €300m IPO plans of an imaging investor. In Europe, we look at Bergman Clinic’s rumoured German entry, continent-wide NHS rationing spurring self-pay and the post-COVID outlook for elderly […]

Cerberus exits Steward as sector gets skewered

The largest private equity-owned hospital group in the world has been sold to its doctors. Cerberus Capital Management has sold a majority stake in US for-profit hospital chain Steward Health Care back to managing doctors, including CEO Ralph de la Torre, ending a 10-year tenure.

Unprecedented European NHS rationing post-COVID could spur self-pay

NHS systems across Europe are likely to ration care at unprecedented levels in the aftermath of COVID-19 because of infection control measures. This may funnel more work to private hospitals, but it is not clear whether they will be in better shape to pick up the slack. NHS waiting lists will have more than doubled, with big hikes in waiting lists for private pay as well.

Attendo divests its Norwegian assets

Listed Nordic care group Attendo is divesting its Norwegian operations to a not-for-profit company, assessing that long-term opportunities for private companies to develop sustainable operations for elderly care in the country are limited.

Teleradiology’s elective volumes crash

Teleradiology providers across Europe have seen volumes crash for elective reads because of the shut down of non-essential work in public hospitals, while emergency reads have been less badly affected. But operators' low fixed costs should mean that profits will hold.

Indian hospitals fear capacity crisis as lockdown lifts

Despite soaring coronavirus cases, India is lifting the lockdown it put in place at the end of March. HBI talks to one concerned operator who acknowledges that though cases are set to soar, the economic imperative is too compelling to ignore.

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