UK immigration law is set to change to make it easier to bring in overseas care workers. HBI chats to Jemima Johnstone, head of corporate immigration at Gherson Solicitors, to find out more.
Countries across Europe are turning to outsourcing to relieve the rapidly ramping up pressure on their public healthcare systems, as Omicron cases and staff absences mount. HBI hears the opportunities for for-profits to step in and help and substantial, and growing.
Who better to explain the vagaries of the UK rehabilitation sector than Nick Delaney, the new CEO of HCML, bought by Apposite Capital in 2020? In a decade at the helm, he grew Ascenti, the largest UK player in the sector, from €8m to €45m with a 700% increase in EBITDA and he has subsequently worked or advised many of the other players in the £500m insurer paid-for sector.
European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea is for sale according to multiple sources. HBI chats to an operator source to find about more about the sale and to speculate on price and purchasers.
Virgin Care has been sold by Virgin Group and rebranded HCRG Care Group by new private equity owners Twenty20 Capital. The new group could lose out on a lucrative council contract, amid claims the council and clinical commissioning group were not consulted on the change of ownership. Click here to read more about Virgin Care […]
Five hundred and eighty-three patients in the UK were transferred as an emergency to another hospital following complications during private treatment in the 12 months to June 2021, according to data released for the first time by the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN).
Covid has been good for Dutch digital health player, Luscii, which creates virtual wards at home, keeping patients out of hospital. Its platform has processed almost 25 million registrations for both chronic conditions, and patients undergoing episodic care. Active in the Netherlands, the UK, Ireland and several African countries, it is now moving to Germany.
International hospital operator Ramsay Healthcare is entering the UK mental health hospital market with the £775m (€907m) acquisition of Elysium Healthcare.
Big US managed care company Centene has stated that it is conducting a strategic review of its international arm - Circle Health in the UK and Grupo Ribera Salud in Spain and elsewhere in Europe.
HBI has been told that Paris based private equity firm PAI Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board have agreed to acquire Germany based ophthalmology network Veonet from Nordic Capital.
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