French REIT Praemia REIM (formerly Primonial REIM) is reportedly considering listing a new specialist healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) in Singapore.
Bupa Health Services has announced the acquisition of The Dermatology Partnership, made up of seven specialist dermatology clinics located across the UK.
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.
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.
Soignez-moi.ch, a Swiss online medical consulting platform, will be ceasing its activity on January 31 after five years, despite its efforts to provide accessible telemedicine. Its co-founder and COO, Romain Boichat, shared the biggest learnings with HBI.
Nurses and midwives employed by Ramsay Health Care, the multinational Australian private hospital group, walked out for 24 hours across New South Wales on Tuesday to demand better pay and staffing.
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.
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.
Swiss Post, which also operates across communication (including digital information solutions for healthcare), retail, financial and passenger markets, has partnered with Trifork, a global technology partner, to develop a new cloud-based platform for a nation-wide electronic patient record (EPR).
FutureLife Group, a pan-European provider of IVF and genetics services co-owned by Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and Central Europe-based private equity firm Hartenberg Holding, has acquired Gynatal, a fertility clinic in Timisoara, Romania.
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