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Sano Physiotherapy acquires tops:health

Sano Physiotherapy, a UK physiotherapy provider based in Yorkshire, has acquired The Oxford Physiotherapy Service Ltd (tops:health), a physiotherapy and sports massage business based in Oxfordshire. 

Swiss healthcare financing reform to benefit private outpatient sector

Switzerland has voted to overhaul how its healthcare system is financed. Inpatient and outpatient care will both be financed in the same way from 2028, which should enable private outpatient clinics to compete on a more level playing field with public hospitals, particularly in specialisms which are increasingly done on an outpatient basis, such as ophthalmology.

Spire’s share price spikes over rumours of acquisition by Devi Shetty’s Narayana Health

Spire Healthcare, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, saw its shares jump 9% on the morning of Friday November 29, after rumours were published in the Indian press that Indian hospital group Narayana Health was looking to acquire it. The shares dropped back down again, however, after Narayana released a statement saying there is “no material information or event” requiring disclosure at this time.

UK NHS’ digital transformation “most complex on the planet”

George Murgatroyd, General Manager & Vice President at the Digital Technologies division of Medtronic, the world’s largest medtech company, shared his thoughts with HBI on how far we really need to go to effectively take the NHS from “analogue” to “digital”. Plus, what the role of Medtronic and medtech is in this reform, as demand for tech solutions in healthcare rises. 

FREE BLOG ‘Scaling Smart’ — HBI webinar explores how diagnostic providers are applying AI and other technologies to address growing service demand

This week saw the latest event in HBI’s webinar series, “Scaling smart: how providers are leveraging new technologies for better diagnostic delivery”.   The background to the event The purpose of the webinar was to explore the role that new digital tools, and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular, are playing in helping diagnostic providers to […]

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