Spire, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group by revenue, has apologised for the death of an NHS-funded patient that the company failed to transfer quickly enough to an NHS facility for intensive care.
Private hospitals and clinics in France will go on strike from June 3rd, in protest of tariffs only rising 0.3% for 2024 - well below inflation. Public hospital tariffs are projected to rise by 4.3% for the year.
NMC Healthcare, the UAE’s largest hospital group, has reached an out-of-court settlement with Dubai Islamic Bank, the UAE’s largest Islamic bank, for the last of the claims against it.
Two of the largest rehab groups in Germany could be merged in what looks set to be one of 2024's biggest European health care services deals. Dutch PE firm Waterland Private Equity, which has owned Median Kliniken since 2014, is reportedly the front runner in the sale of Fresenius Vamed's rehab facilities.
Who are the biggest health care services companies in EMEA? For the third year running we have compiled a list of the Top 100 companies by revenue from HBI Intelligence's database, which includes 5,000+ health care services operators across Europe, the Middle East and emerging markets across Asia and Latin America. The Top 100 shows these companies’ sales relating to health care service activities in EMEA only.
The government of the region of Stockholm in Sweden wants to reduce the choice of health care providers patients currently enjoy in secondary care. The government says the move will save money, but private providers are concerned it will be damaging to patient access and efficiency, and could force more people to take out private insurance.
Spanish insurer Sanitas and Italian insurer Generali are facing court action over a patient-sharing partnership affecting Spanish providers, which allegedly violates Spain’s competition rules.
Sweden’s government wants to place the country’s health care system under greater central government control. We speak to two Swedish health care experts to find out what this could mean.
The BBC’s Panorama team has found that there are private ADHD clinics in the UK that are prescribing for ADHD based on just a short and, it says, unreliable online assessment.
US-based PE firm Blackstone is acquiring Care Hospitals, one of India's largest hospital groups, for around $800m. Meanwhile Max Healthcare, another one of India’s largest private hospital groups and a former front-runner in the sale process, is suing Care Hospitals and its PE owner TPG, for breaching an exclusivity agreement for the sale signed in March.
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