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The rise of home dialysis and how it will affect the dialysis market in Europe

Home dialysis can cost as little as half the price of in-centre treatment and is often preferred by patients. We talk to Eero Hokinen of Helsinki University Hospital and Dr. Wim van Biesen at Ghent University Hospital about why only 11% of European dialysis patients get treatment at home and where the market will go.
June 22, 2012

Korian goes beyond the walls

French care home operator Korian has shared with us some of its thoughts on the “post-acute” sector: the area that covers nursing homes, residential care, homecare, rehabilitation and psychiatric care. The company is looking across the sector, diversifying out beyond the walls of its care homes as it reinforces its presence in Germany and Italy.
June 21, 2012

Netherlands moves to Mechanical Turk for homecare workers

The Netherlands is set to liberalise its health workforce, allowing self-employed carers and nurses to practice freely. The primary focus right now is on getting these independent healthcare workers into the homecare market: a €20 million fund has been established to be used by insurers to purchase their services. Patients will be free to identify and select qualified staff over the web, rather like Amazon's mechanical turk model. How will this affect incumbent homecare providers? How does the new system work? We investigate.
June 21, 2012

New cancer centre for Romania

What is claimed to be the first specialised private cancer hospital in Romania has just opened in Brasov. We talk to the doctor behind the project, Aurel Tudose.
June 21, 2012

Interview: Craig McNally, Head of Strategy and European Operations, Ramsay Health Care

Include dividends and rises in share price, and since September 1997 Ramsay Health Care has delivered a 2,000% return to shareholders. The company's shares are riding high, while management is indicating possible further expansions into Europe. We talk to Craig McNally about business cycles in the UK and France, as well as learning about the Ramsay Way.
June 21, 2012

Greek hospitals face wall of debt and yet there are opportunities

The situation in Greece is perilous, with hospital groups facing a wall of maturing debt at the end of the year, while the banks are unable to offer refinancing. The private sector is staying afloat thanks to an influx of Libyan healthcare tourists and a retreating public sector - but will the big private groups survive if Greece stays trapped in economic crisis? We talk to Greek private equity house Marfin, among others, about the state of play.
June 15, 2012

Grupo SAR benefits from Spanish transition

Grupo SAR is seeing a banner year in Spain, opening new nursing homes, refurbishing a disused hospital and engaging with the public sector in a way that wouldn’t have been seen a few years ago.
June 4, 2012

Will new PPP set a trend?

Is the proposed PPP for Kiel and Luebeck university hospital likely to be the first of a new generation? Or is it a one-off? Effectively, the PPP has been pushed as the alternative to privatisation which was proposed in 2011.
June 1, 2012
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