The BBC’s Panorama team has found that there are private ADHD clinics in the UK that are prescribing for ADHD based on just a short and, it says, unreliable online assessment.
Last month leading French nursing home operator Korian announced that as of July 1, it will be adopting a new name. Going forward, parent company Korian will be known as ‘Clariane’ - a name HBI understands is designed to evoke clarity and transparency. Is this a reaction to the recent scandals engulfing the sector? Korian claims not. Our sources disagree.
UK healthcare watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has ramped up its prosecutions post Covid, with the average penalty increasing by 242% - from £160,000 pre-pandemic (2017-2019) to £550,000 post-pandemic (2020-2022).
Role rigidity in German hospitals and data protection laws are holding Germany back, according to a professor at a university hospital. HBI speaks to a workforce expert to find out more.
Leading nursing home operator in the UK HC-One has issued a formal apology to the families of three deceased former residents for shortcomings in one of its homes. In response, the Cambridgeshire City Council (CCC) has placed an embargo on the operator, halting all admissions until at least 2024. Click here to read more about […]
Hundreds of staff at UK government watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have voted for further industrial action amid an ongoing dispute over pay. A one-day strike took place last week on Monday, April 17 and another is expected to happen next week on Tuesday, May 2.
The nursing home industry in Germany has been rocked by a spate of bankruptcies in recent months. As another operator bites the dust, it has left many wondering - are more to come? HBI speaks to two market experts to decipher whether the ‘once is a mistake, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern’ adage holds any water.
UAE-based listed health care and education investment firm Amanat Holdings has had an interesting few weeks. First, its high-flying CEO departed the group, allegedly by mutual consent - but without an immediate successor. Now Amanat has announced it is consolidating its healthcare assets into a single platform.
Two cooks working for multinational French elderly care giant Korian are being charged with manslaughter over the deaths of five elderly care residents in a food-poisoning incident which took place at one of the group’s French nursing homes in 2019.
German nursing homes are struggling to attract staff in a competitive workplace, as paperwork and regulations are getting in the way. Two market experts tell HBI bureaucracy is stifling growth at a time when it is vital a pragmatic view is taken of the workforce.
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