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WMO spells all change for Dutch elderly care

“It is the biggest reform in Dutch healthcare since 1963” says Bernadet Naber, spokeswoman at Actiz, the association which represents the Dutch nursing home sector. A new so-called WMO law, discussed in parliament this week, would give domiciliary care and day centres to local government, put medicalised homecare in the hands of the healthcare insurers and lead to a massive reduction in beds in the Dutch nursing home sector, as length of stay drops from over 2 years to closer to one year.
April 23, 2014

Norlandia buys Dutch kindergarten group

Norlandia, the nursing home, childcare and hospital hotel business, that is majority-owned by Norwegian property developers, the Adolfsen brothers, has made its first acquisition out of the Nordic region, with the purchase of KindeX, the Dutch childcare group. We talk to CEO Hilde-Britt Mellbye.
April 1, 2014

Oaktree to launch Pan-European dentistry player

Asset management group Oaktree Capital Management plans to grow a pan-European dentistry group, according to our sources who say it has ambitious sales targets. The group has already made its first acquisition.
March 20, 2014

Will Dutch reintroduce law allowing external investors?

The Dutch government has withdrawn legislation which would have allowed external investors to take dividends from not for profit hospital foundations and other healthcare service bodies. So when is it going to be reintroduced?
February 27, 2014

Van Gelder to quit Mediq

Marc van Gelder, the 52-year-old CEO of Mediq, the international distributor and direct-to-consumer medicalised homecare player, is to step down little more than a year after private equity house Advent took the group private for €775m in early 2013. His replacement has yet to be found.
January 30, 2014

German healthcare tourism streaks ahead

Germany treated 224,000 foreign patients in 2012. But how many flew to Germany for treatment, as opposed to being sick holiday-makers? How do the numbers compare to the UK and other European countries? And how many are treated in the private sector? One thing is sure: Russia is Germany’s largest market today.
January 28, 2014
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