A public consultation on competition in South Africa could lead to a relaxation on external investment in the laboratory market, Healthcare Nova hears.
Private providers have, in the past, found it difficult to try and introduce their innovation into the NHS. Now, the UK government is promising to create a better environment for digital and technology companies to thrive and providers are excited.
The number of people who are covered by private health insurance has largely risen across Europe in the past decade, according to a report by the OECD.
The UK's health minister Matt Hancock has revealed in an interview that upcoming integrated care project contracts (ICPs) will not be awarded to private care providers.
Healthcare Europa hears the NHS is selling thousands of inpatient care home beds to the private sector. We talk to the author of a government report to find out why.
Elderly care providers in the UK have a tough market to navigate. While the sector awaits a government Green Paper consultation document this autumn, we interview the owner of mid-market player Gold Care Homes, Ravi Gidar, on what his plans are going forward.
Brazil's fate has been sealed for the next four years, though president-elect Bolsonaro has yet to appoint a health minister. In anticipation of who might fill the role, we ask Wilson Olivieri, former CFO of Brazilian insurer Qualicorp, what the government could do for private healthcare.
Two major for-profit Dutch hospitals went bankrupt last month after insurance companies refused to shoulder their economic woes. Both hospitals were part of MC Groep - a Dutch group which privatises failing public hospitals. What does this mean to the wider Dutch market? We speak to a Dutch healthcare expert to find out more.
PharmAccess Foundation, the pioneering Dutch NGO which has lent money to 1,000 for-profit clinics across Africa and launched an innovative mobile health payment scheme in Kenya is now working closely with governments.
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