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Interview: Katie Tryon, Director of Health Strategy, Vitality

With HBI 2024 fast approaching, we spoke with Katie Tryon, Director of Health Strategy at UK health insurance firm Vitality, about why sustainable healthcare is so important, and key changes and surprises the sector has faced in the last 12 months.

How digitalisation can add value 

Hype over ‘telehealth’ is now largely a thing of the past. But there are ways that digitalisation can radically improve health care provision, and save significant amounts of time for both clinicians and patients. And many of the largest gains don’t require state-of-the-art software or advanced AI algorithms. 

New UK healthcare business data protection guidance published

The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, has published new guidance to provide regulatory certainty on how health and social care organisations keep people properly informed about the use of their personal information.

UK ophtha market heating up, whilst Germany’s remains cool

The UK’s for-profit ophthalmology sector is heating up, with multiple groups likely to come up for sale this year. This is being driven by the long term increase in the amount of cataract surgeries the NHS is outsourcing. Meanwhile deal activity in Germany’s sector is still on pause, due to a decrease in cataract surgery post Covid.

Spire apologises for NHS patient death

Spire, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group by revenue, has apologised for the death of an NHS-funded patient that the company failed to transfer quickly enough to an NHS facility for intensive care.

Top 5 European ophthalmology players

This infographic showcases Europe's top 5 ophthalmology players by revenue in the reporting period 2018–2022: Veonet Group, Sanoptis, Artemis Augenkliniken, Clinica Baviera, and Optegra.

Log My Care secures £3 million funding from Mercia Ventures

Log My Care, a digital platform care management platform, has secured £3 million in funding from Mercia Ventures. This new investment boosts the company's total funding to over £7 million, and is not Mercia Ventures’ first investment in the business.

Who are the UK’s top 5 dentistry groups?

Who are the biggest dentistry groups in the UK? In this infographic we look at the UK's top 5 for-profit dentistry groups, using 2022 and 2023 revenue figures.

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