Nursing Homes

 

HC-One closes all Cambridgeshire homes

Large UK nursing home operator HC-One has confirmed the closure of its three remaining Cambridgeshire homes following extended embargoes placed on the operator by the council in the spring. The homes have been deemed “no longer operationally and financially viable”. HBI investigates.

Germany cuts red tape to recruit outside EU

This summer, a new immigration reform was passed to make it easier for workers from non-EU countries to relocate to Germany. An Indian organisation plans to train 2,000 nurses for the German market. HBI speaks to experts to find out who will make the most of the changes and if it’s the best course of action to combat labour shortages.

HC-One pilots flexible working for carers

UK nursing home operator HC-One has launched FlexForce, a flexible working initiative that hopes to ease staffing shortages by improving the sector’s notoriously low retention rates. The scheme is being rolled out to 269 homes, following a successful six month trial this June across the north of England and Scotland. 

Orpea sells 22 Dutch homes

This week, French nursing home operator Orpea announced the sale of 22 nursing home facilities in the Netherlands to Amvest Living & Care for €85m.

Orpea likely looking to sell in Belgium

Orpea Belgium’s 2022 results are public, and it doesn’t look good. Having suffered a historic loss approaching €400 million last year and with Orpea looking to sell its non core business, we ask a market expert whether and when divestment there looks likely.

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.

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