Pan-European diagnostic imaging group Affidea is planning to expand its services in Ireland – including treating minor injuries and ailments in some of its clinics by the end of the year.
New regulations about holding data are coming into force on May 28, 2018, across Europe – and breaching them could prove costly. Healthcare Europa speaks to John Gladstone, EMEA healthcare practice lead at data protection company Commvault, about how this legislation could be a blessing in disguise.
Ireland-based recruiter Cpl Resources has acquired 91% of UK healthcare specialist recruitment company RIG Healthcare Group for £8.1m (€9.3m). But the group also issued a profit warning due to the uncertainty caused by Brexit. We speak to Cpl’s CEO Anne Heraty.
Ireland-based private clinic comparison website WhatClinic has spent €1m on the launch of a new sister platform in German in the hope to attract more patients seeking treatment abroad. The group tells Healthcare Europa it expects a ten-fold growth in the number of enquiries from patients in Germany in the first year.
Ireland's second largest nursing home chain CareChoice has a new owner. Healthcare Europa speaks to Bruno Candes, partner at French investment firm and infrastructure specialist InfraVia, about why he thinks now is the right time to invest in the care home market in Ireland - and his plans for expansion.
The year 2017 should be a good one for the European healthcare services industry, with more money from more sources backing the best management teams and building international businesses, say panellists at HBI 2017. That is despite a fall in deal volume in 2016 and signs that 2017 may see lower levels..
Hermitage Medical Clinic in West Dublin saw a 36% drop in pretax profit, while Blackrock Clinic's profits fell slightly, according to accounts just lodged at Companies Registration Office in Ireland. Both private hospitals blame the lack of a rise in insurers' reimbursement rates.
Life Healthcare wants to spend up to US$1bn in a European country, where English is the business language, and is open to occupational healthcare, dialysis, mental health, oncology and more.
The second opinion provider Best Doctors has signed a deal with the Irish state owned private health insurer Vhi to offer its services to parents. We look at the deal and what is tells us about the burgeoning second opinion market.
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