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Bupa acquires Australia’s Partnered Health Group

British multinational health insurer Bupa is acquiring Australian integrated healthcare provider Partnered Health Group from private equity firm Quadrant Private Equity. Bupa’s acquisition of Partnered Health reflects a broader shift among health insurers towards vertical integration, as payors look to move beyond the traditional model of reimbursing medical costs and take a more active role in delivering care. 
June 25, 2026

FREE BLOG Do we need private health insurers?

This week I participated in a webinar hosted by the International Federation of Health Plans (iFHP), the main global trade body for private health insurers. The purpose of this was to present and discuss the Special Report we published on private medical insurance (PMI) in February, to an audience of iFHP’s members.
May 7, 2026

HBI 2026: Disrupting traditional models of care

Healthcare systems across Europe are under sustained pressure from ageing populations, chronic disease, staff shortages, and rising patient expectations. Traditional care models are struggling to keep up. At the same time, digital health and AI are advancing rapidly. The core challenge is not a lack of innovation, but overcoming barriers to scaling solutions across fragmented healthcare systems.
April 30, 2026

HBI 2026: Relieving the pressure; Investment, innovation and value creation in elderly and social care

Europe’s elderly care sector is in recovery mode after a difficult few years. Investment into the sector surged in 2025, particularly on the real estate investment side in the UK market. Looking ahead, panellists speaking at the ‘Relieving the Pressure: Investment, innovation and value creation in elderly and social care’ session at HBI’s 2026 conference seemed to paint a bright-looking future, given the increase in demand as baby boomers age combined with promising innovations in technology and care delivery models.
April 23, 2026

HBI 2026: Age concerns; Redesigning healthcare to cope with the demands of an ageing population

Speakers on the ‘Age concerns: Redesigning healthcare to cope with the demands of an ageing population’ panel at HBI 2026 painted a rough outline of how healthcare systems need to evolve to cope with ageing populations. Broad areas of focus included: better integration between different types of care, aided by better use of data and tracking of outcomes; more holistic treatment of patients, many of whom have comorbidities, including focusing on and measuring what matters to them; and making full use of the automation capabilities provided by new tech.
April 9, 2026

Sustainable weight loss “needs behavioural change” — Lisa Tookey, CheqUp

GLP-1 weight loss drugs are now widely used in the UK, with around 2.5 million people taking them. The market has grown fast, raising questions about how safely these medications are prescribed and how much support patients receive. NHS access is still limited and varies depending on where you live. As a result, many people are choosing to go private. 
February 19, 2026

French private radiologists strike over planned fee cuts

Private radiologists across France went on strike earlier this week to protest planned cuts to payments for imaging procedures under the draft 2026 Social Security budget. Around 80% of the country’s private radiologists were reported to have joined the strike.
November 13, 2025

Is the profit motive at odds with impact investing goals in emerging market healthcare?

Last week Bloomberg accused US private equity firm TPG of putting profit before the interest of patients in various emerging market hospitals it has invested in. We spoke to TPG to get their response to the specific accusations made against them. We also spoke to others operating in Africa about whether there is, at a more general level, a tension between seeking profit whilst simultaneously seeking to achieve impact investing goals in emerging market healthcare. 
September 4, 2025
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