Sweden has a new centre left Social Democratic government, headed by Magdalena Andersson, Sweden’s first female prime minister. What does this mean for the country’s private healthcare sector?
Listed UK outpatient group Totally is buying the entire share capital of Pioneer Healthcare Limited, a provider of specialist NHS secondary care insourcing and outsourcing services.
In July 2021, Finland’s leftist parliament passed the long-awaited SOTE reform to its healthcare system, which amalgamated 309 municipal health authorities into 21 much larger ‘welfare regions’. HBI speaks to analysts and operators to find out what impact the reform is having on the for-profit sector.
Terveystalo, one of Finland’s two for-profit healthcare giants, saw strong growth in 2021, helped by its recent move into Sweden and a Covid boost. We speak to Terveystalo’s head of investor relations and two analysts, to analyse growth drivers.
A major French operator, the Doctegestio group, has launched a new platform called Avec which combines everything from dentistry and primary care to hospital and nursing homes. We talk to Bernard Bensaid, the entrepreneur behind Avec.
A five and a half year education (Batchelor + Masters) as a doctor for just €100,000? That is what is on offer from EDU Malta, a for-profit educational institute with statutes which commit it to working for the public good. It is working closely with Fresenius Helios and other German hospitals and is looking for hospital partners in other countries. So how does it work, what are EDU’s plans and what role could this play in dealing with the massive world shortage of doctors?
Six weeks after a new government took office in Germany, HBI catches up with Dr. Stephan Rau, partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Germany, to find out how things are going for the new and somewhat controversial Federal Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach.
Germany has a new government - and a new Federal Minister of Health in Karl Lauterbach. HBI talks to two Germany-based sources who agree he is a politician embraced more by the public than his own party, and considers what his appointment might mean for the sector.
Big US managed care company Centene has stated that it is conducting a strategic review of its international arm - Circle Health in the UK and Grupo Ribera Salud in Spain and elsewhere in Europe.
Some revered global brands have become unstuck in their internationalisation by ceding control of a brand without any quality assurance. Panellists at HBI 2021 discussed how to manage that process more effectively.
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