Two of Switzerland's biggest private health insurers have taken a handful of Mediclinic International's Swiss subsidiary Hirslanden's hospitals off their provider list. We talk to the insurers and market sources about what this means for the hospital sector.
CEE's largest lab company Diagnostyka has partnered with digital symptom checker Infermedica in a bid to capture patient flows and leverage the data it collects.
Romanian Healthcare group Regina Maria looks like it will trade in 2019, with owners Mid Europa close to appointing a sell-side advisor and a decision possibly due this summer, HBI hears. We look at it in the context of private equity investments across Europe's hospital sector.
Five months after the IHH-owned Turkish hospital group's Bulgarian and Macedonian assets were put up for sale, a deal finally looks in the making with two investors in late-stage discussions to buy the Bulgarian business, we are told.
CEE hospital group Penta Hospitals International has named its new CEO more than six months after the departure of Attila Vegh. What might his appointment mean for a group already operating in Czechia, Slovakia and Poland?
Rumours that UK care home operator Barchester is about to sell abound, but we've heard it all before and it's been on the market for over six months. Could this be the real deal?
Dutch medicalised homecare company Joost Zorgt is for sale after it went bankrupt this month and is attracting a wave of interest from investors. We hear from a market source that this is no surprise.
Homeowners in Southeast England are being paid to turn their spare rooms into private rehabilitation facilities. We speak to the CEO of CareRooms which is the company pioneering the pilot scheme which could create a new sector.
Last month we reported that Medgate had moved into Germany through a JV with the country's fourth largest hospital group. We caught up with the company to discuss models, reimbursement and the market.
In the wake of the Falck “dirty tricks” scandal which HBI reported on last week, Danish private companies could soon face the prospect of seeing public contracts cancelled if they are prosecuted.
French insurance and financial services company AXA has entered the Irish nursing home market for the first time by investing in a relatively large portfolio of homes operated by the country's biggest group, Mowlam Healthcare. We speak to JLL which brokered the deal.
French medicalised homecare and gas giant Air Liquide is further consolidating the Swiss medicalised homecare market, with the acquisition of two homecare specialists. We speak to Air Liquide about its strategy in the country.
Belgian real-estate investor Cofinimmo is expanding its operations in the Netherlands, the smaller of its four markets, with the acquisition of a nursing home. We speak to a market expert about the acquisition.
Two of Europe’s biggest healthcare companies which were widely expected to IPO imminently are now, we hear, ruling out this year. Why the delay – and what does this tell us about the state of a slowing market? HBI speaks to an operator CEO and investment banking sources.
Falck, the world’s largest emergency services group, is being reported to the police following a ruling by the Danish Competition Council that it abused its dominant position to push a rival out of the market.
HBI speaks to Guy Newing, CEO of Kinect Hub which is an Australia-based tech company piloting a platform which rewards patients for agreeing to share their data.
France's third-largest nursing home operator by revenue is expanding in Portugal with the acquisition of a home outside Porto. We speak to a market expert who feels Portugal presents interesting opportunities for consolidators from abroad.
The CEO of Esperi, Finland's largest nursing home group by revenue, has stepped down after the Finnish healthcare watchdog temporarily shut down one of its facilities. We speak to Attendo, Mehilainen and an expert adviser on what this will mean for the private sector.
Significant cuts to the health budget in Spain dating back to 2012 have led to a surge in private health insurance over the last six years. One in four Spaniards now has private health insurance.
Belgium-based REIT Aedifica is expanding its portfolio in the Netherlands with the construction of an elderly care facility in an opco-propco deal with Dutch assisted living operator Stepping Stones. We speak to the chief investment officer at Aedifica about opportunities opening up in Dutch elderly care.
We hear there has been overseas interest in the Portuguese hospital market, and take a take a deep-dive into the sector amid rumours of a sale of one of the "big three".
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