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HBI 2023 Panel: Investing in Healthcare Property

With energy prices soaring, material costs rising, and care increasingly turning digitised,  panellists at HBI 2023 London explored what investment in brick and mortar looks like in the current climate as part of a session titled ‘investing in healthcare property’.  Here we highlight the four key takeaways from the session.

HBI 2023: Solving the workforce puzzle

The workforce shortage affects all types of service providers, but not all groups deal with it in the same way. HBI 2023 heard the views of operators from a radiotherapy group, a hospital group, and a social services organisation on "how to solve the workforce puzzle”.

HBI 2023: Major opportunity in German dentistry despite reform uncertainty

Despite the uncertainty around regulatory reform, there are still significant opportunities in the German outpatient market, according to speakers on the ‘Investing in DACH’ panel at HBI 2023. Dentistry, which isn’t subject to the same regulatory restrictions as other outpatient specialities, presents a particularly big opportunity.

Flagler seeks European investments

US-based healthcare real estate investment company Flagler Healthcare Investments is eyeing up opportunities in the big five European markets. Undeterred by high levels of regulation and hyper fragmentation, the German market is of particular interest.

Diagnostic groups to take on the Greek government

The big Greek for-profit health care groups are forming a national association to take on the Greek government which continues after a decade to claw back yearly a percentage of their profits. Meanwhile an investor tells us that the French government is worried there may be similar moves in France where labs are seeking to negotiate a new three-year price deal.

Where to look for green shoots in health care M&A

M&A in European health care has been almost at a standstill in H1 2023, as the chasm between the price expectations of buyers and sellers has grown. HBI asks if the prospects look better for H2 and beyond, with the help of market experts.

Fighting back against brain drain

Western Europe is becoming increasingly dependent on importing talent to address its workforce crisis, but there are signs of resistance to the brain drain. With Nigeria looking to introduce a mandatory domestic five-year service for all doctors, HBI speaks to a global workforce expert to see if this kind of pushback could have any lasting impact.

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