Last week we reported on the UK government’s plan to increase the options available to NHS England patients for certain types of out-of-hospital care, in what it hailed as “the largest expansion of patient choice in the NHS in a decade”.
The UK this week reported that people on long-term sick leave or classed as economically inactive has risen to 2.8 million, up 300,000 on the previous year. This statistic came fast on the heels of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s latest controversial speech calling for an end to the UK’s ‘sick note culture’ in a call to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work.
Back in 2021 there was a definite sense amongst those involved in Europe’s elderly care sector that investment into retirement villages was set to explode. But in the last couple of years investment into new retirement village sites has stalled. Is this just a temporary blip, or are there more fundamental barriers preventing development in the sector?
This week saw the news that retail giant Walmart is shutting down its 51 centres and its virtual care offering launched in 2020, and that insurer UnitedHealth’s Optum Virtual Care service was also being shut down after launching in 2021.
A recent meeting with a private equity investor went down the path of minimally invasive surgery and the incredibly fascinating innovation in implantable medtech.
Last week I wrote about the inspiration behind the conference title “New models for the new era” and how it applies to our healthcare sector. As well as serving this market, HBI is a media business too. This week I’d like to share some thoughts about our journey and place in the market. Spoiler alert: we are branching out beyond the traditional health care services beat that has been our mainstay. Read on to find out more.
In this Guest Post, Charles Dalton and Raju Narayan advocate for a shift towards a patient-centric, holistic healthcare delivery system to enhance efficiency and accessibility in emerging economies.
In this Guest Post, Charles Dalton and Raju Narayan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), shed light on the critical strategies required to ensure sustainable and quality healthcare for all in these regions.
Property investors are increasingly attracted to healthcare, in large part because tenants with government-backed income are a safe bet and 25-year leases are the norm. But when it comes to green or brownfield healthcare development it is generally the private sector, not the public sector with the most projects. As demand rises the private sector across Europe is taking up some of the slack with either an increased PMI or out-of-pocket spend or through public-private joint ventures. The combination of these two gusty tailwinds could prove very lucrative for property investors.
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