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Veterinary fundamentals as strong as human healthcare, with more consolidation opportunities and less regulatory risk

Speakers at HBI’s first ever panel on the veterinary sector made a compelling case for the sector’s investability to HBI 2024 attendees. Demand is resilient and growing, supported by a growing number of pets as well as greater expenditure from pet owners as the range of services expands. Demand growth is also supported by greater price flexibility than human healthcare typically has in most European countries. And almost all the continent’s markets remain unconsolidated. 

Russian group responsible for Synnovis hack leaks NHS patient data


Qilin, the Russian group responsible for hacking Synnovis labs — a pathology services partnership between Germany’s SYNLAB Group and both the King’s College Hospital Trust and the St Thomas’ Hospital Trust — has leaked 394GB of what it claims is patient data on its darknet website and Telegram channel.

HBI News Round Up, 21st June 2024

In this HBI News Round Up, we look at the outcome of Dutch primary care chain Co-Med’s bankruptcy hearing in the Netherlands, French real estate investor Transitions Europe’s entry into Spain’s care home sector, PE firm Columna Capital's latest €290m raise, Spanish hospital group Ribera Salud’s acquisition of Covadonga Hospital in Spain, the extension of the Greek government-backed EquiFund-2 programme to finance life sciences and healthcare start-ups, real estate investor PGIM Real Estate’s acquisition of UK senior housing provider Signature Senior Lifestyle, the first strike by public sector healthcare workers in Sweden in 16 years, and pan-Asian hospital group IHH's desire to enter Vietnam and Indonesia. 

Dentistry’s digital future — HBI 2024

At a fascinating HBI 2024 workshop on transforming the dental services industry, innovators outlined bold new business models designed to improve access to affordable, high-quality oral care for millions across Europe.

HBI News Round Up, 7th June 2024

In this HBI News Round Up, we look at the recent UK cyberattack that disrupted healthcare services at hospitals and GP clinics, Sweden's 'Care Recovery Plan', the plans for the Swedish island of Gotland propose the region become a pilot area for state intervention and Australia's five-year deal with pharmacists. 

DrDoctor partners with MBI to tackle waiting lists with AI

UK-based health tech companies DrDoctor and MBI Health have partnered to help hospitals better manage their elective care waiting lists. DrDoctor’s founder Tom Whicher explained to us how MBI’s patient stratification tools will help in the work they are doing aimed at transforming the way patients interact with secondary care and easing healthcare shortages.

The UK’s missing middle market for dementia care

HBI recently reported on the looming dementia wave, which most countries are poorly equipped to tackle. In the UK in particular there is a huge gap in provision of care home places for people with dementia of medium severity. Eilert Hinrichs, Partner at L.E.K. Consulting, a strategy consultancy, recently co-authored an executive insight about this problem. He shared some ideas with us about what can be done about it.

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