This week the UK government has laid out a new phase for its NHS, and health minister Matt Hancock plans to give himself direct power over the health service. What could go wrong?
Population health is at the centre of a new NHS England reform that will give purchasing power to local, integrated health bodies across the UK. At first glance, the white paper points to less work for the private sector, but a new procurement system could tip it towards the system seen in Europe, where the local body often acts as a payor and the patient has a much wider choice of provider.
BC-Partners backed for-profit Italian dentistry group DentalPro has signed an agreement to acquire Vitaldent Italia from JB Capital. The agreement will see DentalPro take control of Vitaldent’s 80 dental practices and integrate them into DentalPro’s network and brand.
Credit rating agency Moody's understands that France's largest for-profit acute hospital group Elsan will "refrain from sizeable debt-funded acquisitions such as Groupe C2S over the next 12 to 18 months and focus on bolt-on acquisitions," after downgrading its debt rating outlook to 'negative' following an increase in leverage from its the deal. We talk to Elsan and L.E.K. France.
The UK government has said it will introduce long-awaited reforms on social care this year, as part of a new package of measures to reorganise the structure of NHS England.
Many oxygen suppliers have been continuously hostile to innovation that could make delivery more efficient, HBI hears. The pandemic has renewed attention on supply, pricing and patient outcomes leading to some to reassess the approach. HBI speaks to one medical device company that claims to save up to 80% of oxygen for an inpatient.
UnitedHealth Group, the largest health insurance firm in the United States, has appointed a new CEO. Andrew Witty will take the helm from outgoing CEO David Wichmann, following his three-year tenure.
Click here to see your Deals+Insights for March 2021 March’s edition continues to take stock of the pandemic impact, leading on sale updates for three of Europe’s largest lab groups, how hospitals finished the year, and reforms for NHS England. It includes exclusive M&A updates on NMC, Bergman, Artemis, Orpea, Penta Hospitals, and German homecare […]
Vast sums are being invested in so-called “digital health” but there remains surprisingly little medical proof that digital therapeutics, telemonitoring and coaching programmes actually work. And often so-called digital platforms merely knit together analogue processes. For instance, linking millions of diabetes patients to human counsellors and logging their blood sugar and insulin doses online may merely add huge cost without improving outcomes.
This week HBI gathers together one possible indicator of employee happiness at some of the largest for-profit healthcare services players across Europe: Glassdoor.
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