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Lack of infrastructure hampers integrated digital care

Progress made on the digital and data front continues to raise hopes of truly integrated healthcare, but that promise relies on infrastructure which can support it. At digital healthcare conference HIMSS21, a panel of European experts warned that in countries like Spain and the UK, infrastructure issues are the biggest impediment to progress.
June 17, 2021

Primary care networks and the need for eHubs

An eHub platform pioneered by GP-led NHS Partnership the Hurley Group has been replicated elsewhere across the UK. HBI speaks to a pioneer of the concept to find out how eHubs work, and how they could transform primary care.
June 17, 2021

Hospital mergers could lead to nationalisations

A UK NHS Trust's acquisition of a hospital from the UK's largest for-profit hospital group Circle-BMI Healthcare may not be the last of its kind, local sources tell HBI, while calls for state takeovers of private hospitals have been heard across Europe. 
June 17, 2021

Spire shareholder rebellion grows as Toscafund voices opposition

Global hospital group Ramsay Health Care's 240p-per-share bid for UK chain Spire Healthcare looks increasingly unlikely to make it over the line, with two of its four largest institutional investors now voicing opposition. We talk to an analyst about Spire's outlook and look at its shareholder structure. 
June 16, 2021

UK private hospital nationalised

Bath NHS Foundation Trust has acquired the local hospital of for-profit operator Circle Health, completing a disposal process ordered by competition authorities following Circle's acquisition of competitor BMI Healthcare. Could this be a sign of things to come? 
June 10, 2021

Private players swoop on national hotlines

Outpatient group Gajda-Med has won Poland's multi-million euro contract to deliver first-contact telehealth services for the Polish NHS. It follows a recent trend of private sector companies moving to work on national hotlines, including in Sweden and Switzerland, and it is very controversial where operators already own physical clinics.
June 10, 2021

Hancock’s perilous position a problem for the NHS

The future of the UK NHS is changing according to the recent White Paper and Queen's Speech - we're moving towards collaboration not competition and a Secretary of State for Health with wider powers. But current incumbent Matt Hancock's reputation is damaged and his political capital on the wane. HBI heard at a Kings Fund digital event that this could prove a problem for the NHS.
June 10, 2021

How much of Europe’s homecare is ‘grey’?

This week HBI breaks down data from several sources and illustrates the share of informal homecare in European Countries and the UK. It makes clear just how much care at home is being illegally delivered.
June 3, 2021

$4.2bn Babylon to go public at 11-13x revenue multiple

Global digital health platform Babylon Health will IPO through a $4.2bn merger with SPAC Alkuri Acquisition Corp. The deal gives it a 13x revenue multiple of the $4.2bn equity value and 11x a $3.6bn enterprise value. The move comes as Europe's players increasingly look to the States as a more scalable market. Despite just launching there last year, 70% of Babylon's revenues now come from the States.
June 3, 2021
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