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Optegra looks at expansion opportunities in the UK and Europe

Six months after opening a new hospital on Harley street, UK-based ophthalmology chain Optegra is considering new expansions across several UK sites. Roberto Cirillo, CEO of Optegra, says the group is keen to see more NHS contracts. Optegra is also actively looking at opportunities in Europe.
May 19, 2016

Interview: Eduard Maták, partner at Penta Investments

Statist governments were recently elected in both Poland and Slovakia, completing the picture of market scepticism in Visegrad. Predictably, the future of the private healthcare sector is under question. That’s bad news for the Central European investment group, Penta, which favours healthcare services and insurance. Healthcare Europa discussed the changing political landscape and Penta’s future plans with partner, Eduard Maták.
May 10, 2016

Svet Zdravia bets on more privatisations in Czechia

Although the current Czech government is not keen on hospital privatisations, Penta-owned Slovak chain Svet Zdravia, with €160m revenues and 14 hospitals, expects the mood to change after the 2016 elections. But Central Europe remains marked by strong government interference and the misuse of public funds.
April 29, 2016

Czech provider Agel takes over fifth hospital in four months

Agel, the largest private hospital chain in the Czech Republic, is buying the Jesenik hospital in its fifth acquisition in four months. The hospital is located just 50 km away from a facility that Agel lost in January 2015, after it became part of a settlement with previous shareholder Martin Polach.
February 10, 2016

Secretive On Clinic hits Belgrade

On Clinic, a chain of nearly sixty outpatient clinics now covers Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Moldovia, Armenia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. Its latest opening is its first foray into Serbia. We profile the group.
February 9, 2016

Measuring quality outcomes: the next frontier for competition?

Private health and care would be transformed if quality could be measured accurately in a way that patients could really understand. If measured, quality would then soar. And the sterile European private versus public debate would fade out as payers focused on quality outcomes and patient choice.
November 30, 2015

Report: Reforming healthcare – trends and trajectories

European countries are undergoing rapid and substantial demographic and technological changes. Yet, healthcare systems are still mainly state-funded and acute-focused, as they have been for the past 70 years. This is starting to change.
November 4, 2015

Report: Great Eggspectations – Europe’s Fertility Market

Fertility is emerging as an important and very international market sector with several European groups enjoying sales of over €100m. In a 4,500 word report, HCE Journalist Lee Murray takes a look at this market across a range of regulated and free markets in Europe to discover prices, patient journeys, market consolidation and just how far people are willing to travel for the chance at a baby.
June 26, 2015
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