Norway is deciding whether to opt for contract tenders or a voucher system following the victory of the right in the 2013 general election. It is a debate which has a wider resonance. We look at the pros and cons.
Spain is set for radical change in how it handles elderly people, says Jorge Guarner of SAR Quavitae, the biggest private nursing home operator. “The Spain of five years ago with unlimited budgets has gone for ever. This means much more innovation and a realisation from regional governments that they can’t do everything.”
Who’d have thought it? The former CEO of Capio, the international private hospital chain has just been made chairman of Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, the largest and most prestigious university hospital in the Nordic region. Batelson says that university hospitals, like business schools, are now competing internationally for patients, staff and budgets.
Investor AB has written down its investment in Aleris, the big Scandinavian health and care group by 900m SEK (€100m). In total Investor has put 5.4bn SEK into Aleris. So what has gone wrong?
Cambian, owned by GI Partners, is likely to be the first of possibly 3-4 health and care service IPOs of UK-based groups. Others likely to follow include much larger groups such as Spire, the second largest hospital group with sales of around £850m, Care UK and the Priory Group. So a lot hangs on the flotation.
The Dutch government has withdrawn legislation which would have allowed external investors to take dividends from not for profit hospital foundations and other healthcare service bodies. So when is it going to be reintroduced?
Dialysis holidays are surprisingly big business, according to Dag Andersson CEO of Diaverum. What does this tell us about new forms of healthcare tourism?
Five years ago, implant surgeon Dr Paolo Malo was running a single dental clinic in Lisbon. Today the group has 42 clinics in 18 countries, including Angola, China and Colombia. That includes a 50,000 square metre clinic with a training centre in Lisbon and integrated clinics offering cosmetic surgery, ophthalmology and wellness in cities from […]
Talking to a family doctor about cures for depression he told me” “10% of my entire list is on SSRIs.” So what about alternatives? Exercise, diet, meditation? His reply: “I’m a scientist paid to prescribe pills. I don’t understand alternative therapies and I don’t want to.” All too often, that attitude still reigns supreme.
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