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Euromedic appoints HSBC

Imaging services provider Euromedic has appointed HSBC to review the business. Bankers expect this to lead to a sale this autumn.

IPOs beckon as private equity loses its appetite

There are plenty of indications that private equity is running scared of overpaying for healthcare service assets. This could lead to a spate of IPOs. The big buyers this spring have been stock market quoted groups.

Polish private hospitals growing

How big is the private hospital sector in Poland? Bigger than you’d think, perhaps. Andrzej Sokolowski, president of the Polish Private Hospital Association says there are around 200 with an average of 30-40 beds.

Interview: Jonathan Lowick, Group strategy and development executive, Life Healthcare

Life Healthcare is the last of the Big Three South African hospital groups to invest in Europe. It has just bought Scanmed, a small regional hospital group in Poland. So why, after scouring the developing world for three years, has Life settled on Europe? We talk to Lowick who has been with life since 1997 and who heads up its international expansion plans.

Hopes for occupational healthcare fade in Poland

Hopes that the corporate subscription healthcare model in Poland could quadruple to €8bn have faded. Our sources say that an awkward silence suggests that we won't see action before 2015 elections.

Life buys into Poland

Analysts are puzzled by South African hospital group Life Healthcare’s decision to buy a small hospital group in Poland. We investigate.

What are the prospects for nursing homes in Eastern Europe?

Batipart, the big property group which is a big investor in Korian, is quietly exploring the East European care home market with Senior Group, a small company ran out of Paris by Nicolai Kobliakov. We talk to him about demand for private beds in East Europe and his plans to launch an invasion of prefabricated cottages for the elderly in France. Kobliakov spoke at a recent session at property conference MIPIM arranged by Stephan Pichon, the healthcare proerty expert at Your Care Consult in Paris.

Opportunities in East Europe

A panel at Healthcare Europa looked at what opportunities were opening up in the three of the largest East European markets - Russia, Poland and Romania. We report.

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