French president Emmanuel Macron is facing accusations of tacitly pushing a policy of ‘stealth nationalism’ in French nursing homes. HBI speaks to market experts to find out more.
Belgium-based real estate specialist Aedifica has confirmed the sale of five of its nine Orpea homes, all located in Brussels. The news confirms previous speculation that Belgium was next on the French nursing home’s divestment list from a €1.2bn chunk of its real estate portfolio.
In a bid to compete with temporary agencies, elderly care staff in the Netherlands as set to receive salary hikes of 5% this October - with another 5% increase again in 2024. HBI speaks to one Dutch sector expert to understand the reasoning behind the move and ask if will it have the desired effect.
Indian hospital group Max Healthcare is appealing a court decision to reject its claim concerning Care Hospital, another Indian hospital group which it tried to acquire, which it made after the latter accepted an alternative offer from US private equity firm Blackstone.
The ongoing sale of significant parts of French nursing home operator Orpea’s €1.2bn real estate portfolio has expanded to Austria and the Netherlands. As newly released H1 figures show low occupancy rates in France, HBI speaks to three market experts to gauge the current state of affairs for the French giant looking to bounce back from its recent troubled history.
HBI catches up with Annabelle Neame, vice president for new markets and innovation at top five UK hospital player HCA UK, and hears how HCA and others are using concierge services to help tourists navigate tricky foreign patient pathways as London is increasingly “more on the map” for health care tourism.
Pan-European diagnostics group Affidea has bought two outpatient clinics in Portugal, strengthening its market position in the country’s for-profit health care market.
Spire Healthcare, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, has extended its control over the patient journey with a new state-of-the-art MRI scanner worth £500,000.
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