South Africa’s competition tribunal have officially approved the acquisition of South Africa-based multinational hospital group Mediclinic, but the buyers needed to accept conditions which were less to do with competition, and more to do with the public good.
As inflation and energy costs spiral out of control, traditional brick and mortar investments in elderly care are increasingly being perceived as potentially risky business. An award-winning Madrid-based REIT tells HBI its formula success in a difficult climate.
Ramsay Sime Darby, the South East Asian branch of multinational Australian hospital giant Ramsay, may be up for sale again. The previous sale process to Asia’s largest multinational hospital group IHH Healthcare Bhd was ditched back in September.
In the increasingly competitive battle for top talent, some private hospitals in the UK - including some of the US-owned hospitals in London - are putting referral schemes worth thousands of pounds in place for doctors who refer potential colleagues to for-profit groups. Golden hellos are also being deployed. HBI speaks to London analysts and a workforce expert to find out more.
On Thursday, March 16, private sector nurses in Portugal participated in a nationwide strike for the first time in history. The union is demanding better compensation, capped working hours, and better working conditions.
London-based PE group Apposite Capital is among the most active investors in health care in Europe. HBI chats with managing partner Sam Gray about the state of the market and pricing, how he sees that changing, and the investment opportunities piquing his interest at present.
The UK budget on Thursday, March 16, offered no reprieve for a cash-starved NHS, meaning for-profit demand is here to stay. HBI speaks to a UK-based consultant to find out more.
Sweden is looking to centralise more data – primarily to boost the efficiency of its electronic medical records (EMR). Meanwhile German health minister Karl Lauterbach is making the German patient medical records an opt-out system to boost uptake. HBI speaks to experts to find out how these developments will affect healthcare services.
India-based hospital group Max Healthcare and PE firm KKR are the bidders still left in the race to acquire another India-based hospital group, Care Hospitals.
