NHS trusts in the UK are still avoiding outsourcing tests to private labs, despite the private sector demonstrating greater efficiency, says a consultant who has been working closely with both.
A report by an independent health charity has found cuts in council social care funding have been passed on to elderly care operators. The report suggests that, unless compulsory private insurance or taxation is brought in to fund care, there is a difficult future ahead - not least for care homes without wealthy residents.
How is the international hospital sector faring? We look at the results to March or June from the four main players: Australian operator Ramsay Health Care and the Big Three South Africans - Netcare, Mediclinic and Lifehealth. What do they say about their health and the globalisation of the private hospital sector. We talk to analysts.
A few years ago we scratched our heads and dismissed two very different business ideas as “no-goers” – teleradiology and formalising “Ladies from the East.” How wrong we were. For many years teleradiology really didn’t look like a flyer. Public sector hospitals didn’t want to outsource image interpretation to the private sector. And (very well […]
A few years ago we scratched our heads and dismissed two very different business ideas as “no-goers” – teleradiology and formalising “Ladies from the East.” How wrong we were. For many years teleradiology really didn’t look like a flyer. Public sector hospitals didn’t want to outsource image interpretation to the private sector. And (very well […]
How is the European hospital sector faring? Who are the winners and losers and what does this tell us about the health of the sector? We compare first half results from the big players - Capio, Rhoen, Helios, Spire, Aevis Victoria, Ramsay Health Care and BMI (Netcare), as well as privately-held Asklepios and listed outsource specialist Pihlajalinna. There are some fascinating differences.
Shares in big private hospital group Ramsay Health Care rose nearly 8% to AUD81.4. The operator which is top dog inFrance and one of the top three in the UK saw net profit after tax rise 16.8% to AUD 482m (€325 m) with group revenue ahead 18.1% to AUD 8.7bn (5.88bn) in the year to June 2016. We analyse the results.
We are about to find out the answer to that question. From April 2017, the UK’s Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) will go live with a mammoth website representing nearly 2 million datapoints covering the output of 14,000 consultant doctors with private practice at over 500 hospitals. Over 200 procedures will be measured in 11 ways. What does all this mean?
Overall revenues at Bupa are up according to its half year results – with only Bupa Global notably blotting the copybook with a decline in profits.
Here is what Bupa had to say to Healthcare Europa and Nova about those Bupa Global figures - and their views on the thinking behind the recent sale of Bupa Home Healthcare to Celesio in the UK - together with a summary of the half-year report.
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