Two reports published two months apart give differing views on the reputation of the UK NHS which, according to one, is at the lowest since 1997. Which is right?
Europe, with its often rigorous divides between research institutes and university hospitals, has fallen a long way behind power houses such as MIT/Harvard/Mass General in the generation of applied medical science. So how do you build a successful healthcare science cluster in Europe?
Following the recent outrage about care homes in France, the French government plans to introduce further measures to improve evaluation and transparency.
The German health care sector is breathing a sigh of relief at the news that the private PKV insurance that covers 11pc of Germans is most unlikely to be abolished by the new government. Karl Lauterbach, a fierce. critic of the parallel system who had previously described PKV as "brown coal" says its reform is a very low priority.
Orpea's smaller PE-backed French rivals who are spilling out across Europe say they are not worried by the Orpea scandal. Colissee has just acquired in Portugal for the first time. HBI talks to the C-level at the French operator to learn more.
In July 2021, Finland’s leftist parliament passed the long-awaited SOTE reform to its healthcare system, which amalgamated 309 municipal health authorities into 21 much larger ‘welfare regions’. HBI speaks to analysts and operators to find out what impact the reform is having on the for-profit sector.
HBI hears Lusiadas Saude, Portugal’s third-largest hospital group by revenue, is for sale. Meanwhile, imaging and labs may be affected by the surprise re-election of the leftist Socialist government. HBI speaks with a healthcare consultant in Portugal to find out more.
Five major private health insurers in Chile saw record losses in 2021, collectively worth $137bn. The losses ‘put the entire private health system at risk’, according to private health insurers’ representative body the Association of Isapres.
Elections in the Netherlands last year saw Mark Rutte, the Liberal prime minister, return for a fourth term, and belatedly we now have a new cabinet. Could we see a new direction for healthcare following this new mandate?
The new centre-right Czech government will try to liberalise the healthcare market, could introduce supplementary insurance and may even reintroduce hugely unpopular co-pays. HBI talks with Dr Oldrich Subtr, the founder of Program Health Plus, a private polyclinic based in Prague.
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