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Germany welcomes wave of Filipino nurses to combat recruitment crisis

Asklepios, Germany's second largest operator of private hospitals by revenue, has set up a pipeline from the Philippines with an initial cohort of 260 being recruited and more to follow. We speak to a healthcare workforce specialist and a German-based  operator to find out why.
August 10, 2018

Publicly-funded telemedicine across all German states by 2022

The co-founder of one of Germany's largest telemedicine companies, which looks to have just sold in what is probably the largest ever acquisition in the sector, tells us he expects sickness-fund reimbursed telemedicine as a standalone service with diagnosis and prescription across all German states in the next 3-4 years. A lawyer at the heart of the sector broadly agrees.
August 10, 2018

Medicover moves into wellness, but reports losses in the UK

Pan- European and Indian healthcare and diagnostics provider Medicover is entering the wellness market, in a move that could provide interesting synergies with its corporate healthcare offering, mainly in Poland and Romania. The company's H1 and second quarter financials show losses in the Indian and UK fertility markets, but strong growth in Eastern Europe. We […]
August 3, 2018

Fresenius CEO hints at third country expansion for Helios

German and Spanish hospital giant Fresenius Helios saw 10% revenue growth in the first six months of 2018 and nearly the same EBITDA growth. Fresenius group CEO Stephan Sturm says Helios is looking at a third country, and we talk to an analyst about the various M&A opportunities the group has been linked to as well as the outlook in Germany generally.
August 2, 2018

Rhoen sees 3.6% growth but falling margin

German hospital group Rhoen Klinikum posted 3.6% revenue growth to €620m in the first six months of 2018, with EBITDA growing half that to €51.1m. We talk to an analyst about whether they are a likely candidate for a British hospital group which is for sale. EBIT was unchanged at €20.9m, while net profit was […]
August 2, 2018

German state making moves to publicly-funded telemedicine

Baden Württemberg, Germany’s third-most populous state, is offering free-to-use telemedicine services to four million of its statutory-insured inhabitants, including diagnosis and prescription, as part of several pilots.
August 2, 2018
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