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UK healthcare faces up to Brexit

The UK has voted to leave the EU unleashing economic and political turmoil that has taken the legs out from under Sterling, ignited press hysteria and will likely see the leaders of both major parties replaced. As always, the NHS was front and centre during the campaign. But concerns for healthcare more broadly, including the private sector, are numerous. We talk to investors, operators and advisors.
July 1, 2016

Suppliers flock to Africa

The exhibitor halls at the Africa Health exhibition, which took place in Johannesburg last week, allowed a grandstand view of Africa’s developing healthcare market. Suppliers told us opportunities within the continent are multiplying. And a fascinating battle is emerging for contracts and bragging rights.
June 15, 2016

GHTs to further marginalise French private hospitals

The French private hospital sector is excluded from the latest plans to consolidate public hospitals through the creation of Groupements Hospitaliers de Territoire (GHT). Is this yet another indicator that the government is marginalising the private sector?
June 1, 2016

Swedish nursing home 26% more cost efficient than its public counterpart, says four-year study

Ostersund, a Swedish municipality, commissioned a study assessing two identical care homes, one run by the public sector, the other by a private provider. Results might make the Swedish left-wing coalition rethink their policies aiming to curb private sector profits. Despite both homes receiving the same quality appraisal, the private one is more cost effective.
August 21, 2015

FREE BLOG Chinese whispers may explain why new fads fail

Why are new ideas like lean, total quality management and business process re-engineering so talked about and so little practiced in healthcare services? I stumbled across an amusing paper – Pseudo-understanding: an analysis of the dilution of value in healthcare - which might explain why.
June 23, 2015

Dangerous consultants

Few things are more dangerous for the healthcare systems of Developing Countries than a PFI consultant. Suited and booted, we are told they often impress politicians and policymakers. If this is how the NHS in the United Kingdom funds hospital construction then why not follow its example?
February 17, 2015
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