IHH-owned Turkish hospital group Acibadem has opened a contact centre in the Harley Street medical area in the UK and has an eye on market opportunities. HBI speaks to an operator and an advisor to find out more.
Nursing home employees in the Netherlands are fleeing full-time, permanent jobs in droves in pursuit of more lucrative and flexible alternatives. As operators facing stiff competition from digital freelance platforms poaching their labourforce, HBI speaks to three Dutch market experts to better understand the threat.
The elderly care market is ripe for a technological revolution, but investment is lacking and adoption has been slow. Lars Dahle, founder and former CEO of healthcare tech group Dignio, candidly explains why he feels the market is frustratingly slow to take up what appear to be obvious solutions.
Elderly care in the Netherlands is at breaking point - fending off high costs, low margins, and perilously poor staff retention. HBI speaks to a market expert who is confident the government will act to stave off bankruptcies.
Netherlands-based medicalised homecare specialist Buurtzorg is expanding into nursing homes. HBI catches up with a Dutch healthcare expert to find out more.
Last month we reported that there is a growth opportunity for bigger and more efficient for-profits in the largely unconsolidated Dutch labs market, as Covid testing winds down and financial pressures return to the sector. But a consultant who has previously run a Dutch hospital lab tells us a major barrier remains: a stubborn reluctance within hospitals to outsource.
The Netherlands' diagnostic labs sector is being held back by low tariffs, which are resulting in low margins meaning there is little incentive to invest in the sector. HBI speaks to an operator who thinks as Covid support wanes, we may see a lot of consolidation.
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