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BMI Healthcare starts disposing of non-performing hospitals

UK hospital chain BMI Healthcare is closing two hospitals and looks set to hand another back to the public sector, six months after the business was taken over by its landlord finalising South African Netcare's exit from the UK.
March 20, 2019

10% of French labs consolidated in 2018

Over half of France's laboratory sites now belong to the market's seven biggest players after rapid M&A activity saw 10% of all sites consolidated in 2018. More deals are on the horizon.
February 28, 2019

Rhoen targets in-outpatient integration and digital as growth stagnates

German hospital group Rhoen Klinikum saw just 1.8% revenue growth in 2018 but is hoping to more than double that in 2019. We discuss its strategy and the various headwinds in the sector, including nurse-patient ratios, DRG reforms and fixkostendegressionsabschlag (fixed costs), which combined have prompted HBI to revise down its forecast for German hospital market growth in the coming 1-3 years.
February 27, 2019

Portuguese hospitals cut ties with public insurer

Portugal's three largest private hospital groups have all announced plans to cut ties with the health insurer covering the country's 1.2m civil servants. We talk to a market source about what effect it will have on their business and, crucially, how it increases the likelihood of a sale of one of them. In the last […]
February 21, 2019

Fresenius full-year results confirm German struggles for Helios

Diversified healthcare group Fresenius has posted 2% sales growth in 2018, while weaker performance in its German hospitals highlighted the rationale of acquiring Spanish hospital group Quironsalud two years ago. We explain why the Spanish market is so much more attractive than the German and will continue to make up for the headwinds there that […]
February 21, 2019

Public hospitals take market share from private operators in London

A report on London's private healthcare market shows falling revenue for private operators but nearly double-digit growth for NHS private patient units (PPU). We talk to the author. Revenues in the £1.55bn (€1.8bn) London hospital market, which includes BMI, HCA and Bupa as well as NHS PPUs, fell around 1% in 2017 largely because of […]
February 21, 2019
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