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Counting the Cost: The impact of inflation on Europe’s health care market

What impact has the high inflation of the past 18 months had on growth in Europe’s health care market? Have for-profit operators been able to pass on cost increases to payors? And have patients paying out of pocket, in the face of rising prices and squeezed budgets, cut back at all? In this first instalment to answer these questions, we focus on the for-profit hospital, imaging and nursing home sectors in the UK, France and Germany.
August 18, 2023

Four Seasons filing for dissolution, takes some homes off the market

Troubled UK care home operator Four Seasons Health Care Limited has filed notice at Companies House to move from administration to dissolution, but neither its administrators nor its PR representatives are willing to comment on this. HBI hears the lengthy sale of most - but not all - of its remaining business is still ongoing.
August 18, 2023

Blackstone likely buyer of KIMS Health

US private equity firm Blackstone has emerged as the likely buyer in the sale process of KIMS Health, an Indian hospital group which also has multiple hospitals and clinics in the Middle East.
August 18, 2023

Buy or bust for Babylon UK?

Digital health unicorn-turned-mouse Babylon could still have buyers for its UK business, despite its recent difficulties.
August 18, 2023

Fresenius shares rocket to one year high

Germany-based healthcare conglomerate Fresenius SE is trading at its highest share price in over a year – and three high-profile investment banks predict things will get even better.
August 17, 2023

Italian scoops up UK medico-cosmetic chain

Milan-based Quadrivio Group has bought 100% of UK-based cosmetic-focused The Private Clinic (TPC) from PE group Bluegem, and has added a further four smaller clinics. This is the second transaction from its Silver Economy Fund which targets "healthy longevity".  We look at deal, fund and market size.
August 11, 2023

Diagnostic imaging capacity by country – and its impact on mortality

Diagnostic imaging capacity varies significantly by country, even amongst rich nations. Using OECD data, we look at how the number of CT scanners and MRI scanners per million inhabitants varies between 39 OECD+ countries, and whether this has an impact on avoidable mortality for 27 of those countries. We used 2019 data, to avoid any distortion from Covid.
August 11, 2023

Stalemate for the only solution to doctor shortages

An innovative distance learning platform that trains doctor for just €100,000 has frozen its 2023 intake thanks to the intransigence and obfuscation of the medical profession. Malta-based EDU, accredited by Maastricht University Hospital, has faced four years of delay in accreditation from the Medical Association of Malta despite being able to demonstrate that its doctors outperform those trained in university hospitals.
August 11, 2023
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