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Bankruptcies, closures, and scandals: the bleak state of European nursing homes

Across Europe, nursing homes are in crisis. Between scandals in France, insolvencies in Germany, the threat of regulation in Spain, and fair fee woes in the UK, HBI hears that the nursing home sector is the least attractive healthcare services sector for investors. Are things really that bad - and is the threat of mass bankruptcies real?
October 27, 2023

Cerba to enter Saudi Arabia

Multinational French labs group Cerba is to enter the Saudi market, via a joint venture with Nexus Gulf Healthcare (an investment firm in the region) that will be headquartered in Riyadh.
October 27, 2023

Spain’s access problems bleed into private sector

Spain has a record low number of primary care centres, and is splashing €1bn+ over the next two years to try and stop the rot. HBI hears that more value health initiatives, video triage and AI chatbot usage could be part of the solution.
October 26, 2023

Saudi dentists fired for cheaper replacements

Saudi dentistry is seeing significant revenue growth, but HBI hears there are teething problems with significant numbers of experienced clinicians being kicked out in favour of less qualified - and cheaper - new graduates.
October 26, 2023

Record breaking backlog offers further opportunities for UK providers

Four months on from the results of the Elective Recovery Taskforce which promised to bust the UK’s record-breaking backlog with the help of the independent sector, the number of patients waiting 65 weeks or more for treatment has risen to nearly 110,000 people. With the situation even worse than predicted, where are the opportunities for private providers - and who is most likely to benefit?
October 20, 2023

Interview: Mostafa ElSayed, Automata Technologies

HBI speaks to Mostafa ElSayed, CEO of Automata Technologies, a London-based start-up offering robotic systems to lab operators. Automata’s machines are designed to automate lab processes that were previously difficult to automate, especially in genomics and microbiology. ElSayed tells us that Automata’s machines can increase throughput by up to 5x for certain types of tests and are already being used in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the US.
October 20, 2023

HC-One acquires luxury care home group

Last week, large UK nursing home operator HC-One announced its acquisition of Ideal Carehomes. An additional 36 homes in England will be added to the provider's growing portfolio with another facility expected to open up in Cheltenham next September.
October 19, 2023

Belgian crackdown after Orpea’s French folly

Outside France, nursing home group Orpea has largely escaped scrutiny in the countries it operates in following its well publicised difficulties, except in its French-speaking neighbour - Belgium. HBI catches up with two operators in the region to hear what the knock-on reputational impact has been like for Belgian businesses.
October 13, 2023
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