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Swanton acquires two UK specialist care providers

Apposite Capital-backed UK-based specialist residential care group Swanton Care & Community has bought specialist care providers LH Social Care and Lavender Group Homes. HBI speaks with Sam Gray, managing partner of Apposite Capital, to find out more.
October 19, 2021

Builder of Swiss Covid system offers it free to World Health Organisation

Getting the over-75s and the immune-suppressed to the front of the queue in Switzerland and 18 of its 23 cantons was the task for Romain Boichat and his team at Soignez-Moi faced last winter. The urgency is shown by the pace. Given the go-ahead on December 23, 2020, the online booking system for mobile phones was up and running on January 4. But the official sign-off awarding the contract didn't arrive until March 31, 2021. Boichart is now keen to offer the software to developing countries and is offering it free to the World Health Organisation.
October 15, 2021

Top Doctors raises $13m to boost growth

Top Doctors, the third biggest doctor-booking platform in private healthcare after EU-based Doctolib and global player DocPlanner, has raised $13m to improve its digital tools and grow in key sectors. HBI chats with Alberto E. Porciani, CEO of Top Doctors to find out more.
October 14, 2021

Aspen broken up in sale

UK hospital group Aspen Healthcare has been broken up with the core business sold to non-profit Nuffield Health. Rival group Spire has bought one of the remaining hospitals and an NHS Trust bought out another. 
October 14, 2021

NHS telehealth contracts up for retender next year

Around half of the 183 contracts between NHS trusts and telehealth provider Attend Anywhere are expiring in March 2022. The upcoming tender process is expected to be competitive, with rivals including eConsult, which currently focuses on primary care, looking to increase market share in outpatient consultations. 
October 14, 2021

Opportunities abound in France’s new budget

France has committed to reforms in homecare, optometry, and mental health in its social security budget for next year. One source says that it's a particularly important budget with elections coming in the Spring of next year. Meanwhile, President Macron has also committed to replicating Germany's model for reimbursing digital health apps.
October 14, 2021

Orpea’s share price dips after deal investigation

Orpea, the largest Europe-based elderly care group by revenue, saw its share price fall sharply last Tuesday following reporting by Challenges, a French magazine, that a deal involving the group was under investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) - but Orpea is keen to stress it is not they who are being investigated.
October 14, 2021

Diaverum rolls out algorithm to predict thrombosis

Vascular access thrombosis is an expensive and painful complication for dialysis patients, with an incident rate of 0.11-0.5 episodes per patient per year. Global dialysis provider Diaverum has started to roll out an algorithm that can predict 75% of cases missed by current practices, enabling earlier interventions.
October 14, 2021

Medanta hospital chain to IPO

Global Health Limited, the operator of Indian multi-speciality hospitals under the Medanta brand, is seeking market regulator approval for an initial public offering (IPO). This comes amid high investor interest in healthcare facilities after the Covid pandemic.
October 12, 2021
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