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Akademikliniken to consolidate plastic surgery sector in the Nordics

Danish buyout firm Polaris has acquired a majority stake in plastic surgery and aesthetic treatment provider Akademikliniken. Under previous owner private equity house Valedo, Akademikliniken had tripled its hospital and clinic network in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. It now aims to further consolidate in the Nordics – according to CEO Magnus Jansson.

Nordics open up for property deals

A new €250m fund - rising to €500m with leverage - managed by Northern Horizon will target care homes across the Nordics. The Nordic Aged Care fund is targeting triple net yields of 5-7% and has already raised €121m from cornerstone investors including Aviva. CEO, Michael Schönach also said regulation and culture was opening up the Danish care home market.

FREE BLOG Care home markets look good in the UK and Nordic

It is striking how overlooked Northern Europe is by the big French care home consolidators. The UK is much more attractive and a lot cheaper than Spain. And investors and operators should also be looking hard at the Nordic region.

Danish private hospitals fight new status

As private hospitals in Denmark form a new association bringing together rehabilitation and preventive care providers, a new regulation changing the status of hospitals is coming under fire from the private sector. We speak to Bent Jakobsen, vice-president of the new association and medical director of Aleris Hamlet.

Solid Nordic results suggest more IPOs

Nordic healthcare groups Capio, Attendo and Pihlajalinna have released solid annual results after floating in 2015. Political risk appears to be fading in Sweden and new public-private opportunities are under way in Finland. Could rivals like Ambea and Humana file for IPOs in 2016? We look at the figures.

Tryg uses Aleris solution to offer telehealth to 500,000

Danish insurer Tryg is to offer telehealth services to its half million insured using a telehealth solution developed by Dr Imran Rashid who works for Aleris, the private Scandinavian hospital group. Rashid tells us that the system is designed to be a portal to a much larger wellness offering.

Measuring quality outcomes: the next frontier for competition?

Private health and care would be transformed if quality could be measured accurately in a way that patients could really understand. If measured, quality would then soar. And the sterile European private versus public debate would fade out as payers focused on quality outcomes and patient choice.

Report: Reforming healthcare – trends and trajectories

European countries are undergoing rapid and substantial demographic and technological changes. Yet, healthcare systems are still mainly state-funded and acute-focused, as they have been for the past 70 years. This is starting to change.

Report: Great Eggspectations – Europe’s Fertility Market

Fertility is emerging as an important and very international market sector with several European groups enjoying sales of over €100m. In a 4,500 word report, HCE Journalist Lee Murray takes a look at this market across a range of regulated and free markets in Europe to discover prices, patient journeys, market consolidation and just how far people are willing to travel for the chance at a baby.

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