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Madrid investigates PPP hospitals

The amount of money being spent on seven hospitals constructed by private public partnerships in Spain is under investigation.

WhatClinic targets ten-fold growth in German enquiries

Ireland-based private clinic comparison website WhatClinic has spent €1m on the launch of a new sister platform in German in the hope to attract more patients seeking treatment abroad. The group tells Healthcare Europa it expects a ten-fold growth in the number of enquiries from patients in Germany in the first year.

Decline in GCC patients travelling West, but regional medical tourism booms

GCC governments are doing everything they can to keep patients at home. It's working: between 2014 and 2016, private hospitals in the USA, the UK and Germany have all seen a drop in the number of medical tourists from the region - with Germany experiencing a fall of nearly 60%. Graham Elderfield, founder of consultancy Glenfield Consulting, explained why at the Private Healthcare Summit 2017 in London.

Mehilainen on course for IPO

The private equity owners of Finland's largest healthcare group Mehilainen have tasked JP Morgan with testing the M&A waters, but a public listing in Helsinki remains the most likely outcome.

Interview: Roman Rittweger, founder and CEO Ottonova

Having raised almost €40m, the first entirely digital private insurer is about to launch in Germany. So what is the strategy behind the product, and what does it tell us about digital and health care services?

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