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UK private hospital admissions increase overall but weight loss and cosmetic procedures drop – are GLP-1s at play?

The number of reported private hospital admissions in Q2 2024 reached a record level for that period in a year, and the second highest level ever, at 232,000, according to new Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) data. But while private hospital admissions were up overall — especially across common procedures like cataracts, chemotherapy and diagnostic upper GI endoscopy — some procedures declined. 
December 6, 2024

Sano Physiotherapy acquires tops:health

Sano Physiotherapy, a UK physiotherapy provider based in Yorkshire, has acquired The Oxford Physiotherapy Service Ltd (tops:health), a physiotherapy and sports massage business based in Oxfordshire. 
December 5, 2024

Swiss healthcare financing reform to benefit private outpatient sector

Switzerland has voted to overhaul how its healthcare system is financed. Inpatient and outpatient care will both be financed in the same way from 2028, which should enable private outpatient clinics to compete on a more level playing field with public hospitals, particularly in specialisms which are increasingly done on an outpatient basis, such as ophthalmology.
December 5, 2024

Spire’s share price spikes over rumours of acquisition by Devi Shetty’s Narayana Health

Spire Healthcare, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, saw its shares jump 9% on the morning of Friday November 29, after rumours were published in the Indian press that Indian hospital group Narayana Health was looking to acquire it. The shares dropped back down again, however, after Narayana released a statement saying there is “no material information or event” requiring disclosure at this time.
November 29, 2024

UK NHS’ digital transformation “most complex on the planet”

George Murgatroyd, General Manager & Vice President at the Digital Technologies division of Medtronic, the world’s largest medtech company, shared his thoughts with HBI on how far we really need to go to effectively take the NHS from “analogue” to “digital”. Plus, what the role of Medtronic and medtech is in this reform, as demand for tech solutions in healthcare rises. 
November 29, 2024
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