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HBI 2017: The future of elderly care in Europe – from silos to clusters

The number of elderly people in Europe is rising to unprecedented levels. In the last 15 years, the number of people aged 80 and above in Europe has risen by 60% - and in Western European countries like Germany and Italy, it's even more. With this has come a rapidly rising need for more care, and a growing group of patients with chronic illnesses. HBI 2017 explored the major trends in elderly healthcare for the region – and looked ahead to how operators will need to change their approach.
April 19, 2017

How do you design a patient centric hospital?

The award-winning New Psychiatric Hospital (GAPS) in Denmark claims to turn the waffle of patient centricity into bricks and mortar. Healthcare Europa asks Søren Daugbjerg, CEO of Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, one of the practices behind the project, about his take on hospital design - and asks whether there is any evidence that the design of a hospital can actually improve a patient's health.
March 31, 2017

Unilabs to triple sales

Pan-European lab and imaging group Unilabs plans to triple its size in three years, CEO Jos Lamers tells us. How?
March 22, 2017

Attendo steady but outsourcing drops

With nearly 10% operating margin, Sweden’s largest elderly care services provider Attendo reports a good 2016 performance and sees its shareholders’ dividends more than double. But the results also highlight challenges in the outsourcing market and the group reports poor organic growth.
February 16, 2017

Capio announces Swedish acquisition, and enters Denmark

The pan-European group, Capio, which runs hospitals, rehab, outpatient centres and care homes across four countries, has bought a primary care outfit in western Sweden, and Denmark’s second largest private hospital group. We spoke to Capio’s CEO Thomas Berglund.
January 5, 2017

Why has Falck’s CEO Allan Larsen left?

The long-term CEO Allan Søgaard Larsen and deputy CEO of Falck, the mammoth international ambulance, clinics and fire service group, both quit just before Christmas 2016. Larsen without permanent replacements. What is going on?
January 5, 2017

FREE BLOG Can PPPs stay afloat when facing a wave of public spending cuts?

Free healthcare is drowning under the recent wave of public spending cuts in Europe. Prospects for improvement in some countries seem slim – particularly when faced with an ageing population of increasingly chronically ill citizens. Is there a solution? Could management by the private sector or outright privatisation provide the magic solution that will introduce gains in efficiency […]
November 4, 2016

Colosseum Dental for sale

As reported by Healthcare Europa in June 2016, IK Investment Partners is selling Scandinavian dentist Colosseum Dental, the second largest in the region. There are at least eight bidders involved in the process, mainly private equity houses. But the deal could also attract operator interest.
October 4, 2016

European listed care groups: A financial review and comparison

First half 2016 results for the major care home groups point towards solid 5-6% organic sales growth from Orpea and Korian with the latter gradually recovering from the crisis which saw the replacement of CEO Yann Coleou at the turn of 2015. Recently listed Nordic groups Attendo and Humana are benefitting from strong demand for new nursing home beds from public payors and expansion in Finland. But Swedish proposals to limit the return on public-private care services to 8% of return on equity plus net debt (before inflation) pushed shares down. Meanwhile, Middle Eastern investors have bought in to Italian operator KOS.
September 12, 2016
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