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Whistleblower and low occupancy hit Attendo

Pan-Nordic care group Attendo, which runs 350 nursing homes in Scandinavia, is struggling to recover occupancy in Sweden. The picture is better in Finland, but a scandal over the treatment of a whistle-blower in the Swedish press has damaged the groups image. 

EU countries to pump €50bn into health and social reform recovery plans

EU countries have already earmarked over €47bn euros to spend on health care from the €672bn Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the continent's centrepiece of COVID-19 recovery. Digital innovation, primary care and long-term care are clear spending priorities across the board. We should know the full allocations next week.

Interview: Raj Shah, Partner and Head of Healthcare, Nordic Capital

Few investors have been as active in healthcare services as Nordic Capital. Or as ambitious in building pan-European platforms in outpatient sectors such as dentistry, veterinary and ophthalmology. Raj Shah is also looking for new deals - Nordic has just raised a massive €6.1bn for its tenth fund of which 30-40% is destined for healthcare. 

Covid continues to boost Unilabs in 2021

Executive chairman Jos Lamers has told HBI that Covid sales continue to rise in Q1 and Q2 2021. They certainly boosted 2020 results at the international lab and imaging group owned by Apax Partners. Like rivals Synlab and Sonic, the business continues to roar away. 

Mehilainen targets Estonia for international expansion

Finnish outpatient and occupational healthcare specialist Mehilainen has made two acquisitions in Estonia. The company says strong expansion into Estonia is a natural next step in Mehilainen’s internationalisation strategy.

HBI 2020: Elsan and Mehilainen on in-house digitalisation of patient pathway

Elsan and Mehilainen, top-two private hospital operators in France and Finland respectively, and both CVC portfolio companies, say their in-house investments in digitalising the patient pathway have increased customer loyalty, cross-selling revenues and insurer-funded work. They were joined by GE Healthcare for the 'Hospitals: The journey towards digital and outpatient transformation' session at HBI 2020.

HBI 2020: Propco deals to pick up in 2021

Healthcare property deals will accelerate in 2021 after refrain from sellers during a year of perceived depressed valuations. That is according to US REIT Medical Properties Trust (MPT), one of three investors who sat on HBI's 'Investing in Health Care Property' panel. 

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