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Iqarus completes first overseas deal with Afghan clinic

UK-based occupational health provider Iqarus, which specialises in “demanding and complex operating environments”, has made its first international acquisition in Afghanistan. We speak to CEO Tim Mitchell about its plans in the war-torn state, and whether Donald Trump’s immigration policy could slash the lucrative market in health screenings needed to get US visas.
February 3, 2017

Interview: Dr Chai Patel, chairman and CEO, HC-One

Chai Patel, former Ugandan refugee, medical doctor, adviser to the Blair government and, after selling his stake in British-based nursing home group HC-One two years ago, serial entrepreneur is one of the more colourful characters in the normally staid world of British adult social care. With 25 years of experience in the market, he's also well-placed to comment on its current plight. In this wide-ranging interview, he gives Healthcare Europa his assessment of the industry's health and reveals details of HC-One's future strategy.
January 26, 2017

HC-One’s chairman warns of wave of UK care home closures

The chairman and CEO of the UK’s fourth largest care home group by sales, HC-One, has told Healthcare Europa that the latest funding arrangement for the industry is not enough and will lead to more closures. Dr Chai Patel, former owner of the Priory Group, believes “the government is coming up with new ideas” and also revealed HC-One is no longer considering sale and leaseback deals.
January 26, 2017

UK health insurance cover starts to grow at last

The UK health insurance sector, which by the end of 2015 had lost 8% of its subscribers compared to the end of 2008, appears to be on the rebound. This is the claim from LaingBuisson, a healthcare market intelligence provider which has just published a report on the subject entitled Health Cover.
January 16, 2017

Interview: Circle’s chief medical officer, Dr Massoud Fouladi

Circle Rehabilitation Services, a joint venture between the UK private hospital group, Circle Health, and Vamed, an international hospital construction and management operator, is confident there is a mix of payors willing to fund inpatient rehab. The service should cost roughly two-thirds the price of an NHS acute bed per night, Circle’s chief medical officer, Dr Massoud Fouladi, told Healthcare Europa.
January 9, 2017

Unmanned care booths – the future of primary care?

Unmanned primary care booths hosting a battery of tests and video links to medics at a nearby hospital are expected to be launched in the USA in July 2017. Enabling hospitals to massively expand their primary care channel to market, the company behind them reckons it can finance much of its growth from forward orders. We look at the new booths, the state of the art tests they will host and the underlying business model. Is this ganja smoke or reality?
January 6, 2017

UHS acquires Cambian Group’s adult services division

As previously predicted in Healthcare Europa, USA-based Universal Health Services (UHS), a hospital management company which owns and / or operates more than 230 acute care hospitals and behavioural health facilities in the US, the UK, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, has completed the acquisition of Cambian Group's Adult Services Division.
January 5, 2017
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