Psychiatry and Mental Health

 

PMI’s changing business model

Access to primary care is now the number one reason people in the UK want private medical insurance (PMI), according to data collected by UK health insurer Vitality. Other NHS countries have been seeing similar trends since Covid. Katie Tryon, Vitality’s Director of Health Strategy, spoke about how this has completely changed the PMI business model — for the better — at HBI’s conference last month.
July 3, 2024

Healthcare investment “through the bottom of the cycle” — Goldberg (Rothschild)

At last year’s conference Hedley Goldberg, Managing Director at multinational investment bank Rothschild, predicted healthcare M&A activity would begin picking up again in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. But we’re now halfway through 2024 and there are still very few deals above €500m taking place. Goldberg is confident, however, that we have now passed through the bottom of the cycle.
June 20, 2024

TVM Capital raises $250m to invest in Saudi

TVM Capital Healthcare, an emerging markets PE firm based out of Singapore and Dubai, has raised $250 million to invest in the ongoing transformation of Saudi Arabia’s healthcare sector. The PE firm says that, when combined with co-investments from its partner base, it expects a total of $400-500 million to be mobilised by its Afiyah Fund, making it “the largest of its kind”.
May 31, 2024

DomusVi to sell Spanish mental healthcare provider Mentalia Salud

French nursing home operator DomusVi has initiated the sale of its specialised psychiatric treatment division, Mentalia Salud, according to reports from within Spain. The planned divestment follows both planned real estate sales by the group, and those completed as sales and leaseback transactions.
April 26, 2024

UK Home Office plans threaten overseas recruitment

The UK’s care sector has become heavily dependent on foreign nations for its healthcare workforce. With new proposals from the Home Office restricting whether families can accompany some workers coming to the UK, HBI speaks to two operators to hear what impact the plans could have.
January 25, 2024

Interview: Rebekah Cresswell, CEO, Priory

With a workforce on its knees, it is little surprise that the prospect of ‘care as a career' is becoming an increasingly difficult reality. HBI speaks to UK mental health and social care provider Priory’s CEO Rebekah Cresswell about the government’s latest reforms, and how staff retention can be improved even when times are tough.
January 19, 2024

Dutch regulators clamping down on M&A

The Dutch competition authority is looking to expand its influence over the healthcare sector, having already attempted to block some smaller M&A deals. HBI speaks to Rune Aresvik, founder of Dutch consultancy firm Vardetun, to understand what tighter regulations could mean for operators in the region.
November 23, 2023

Three things we learned at Global Health, Riyadh

HBI attended the Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and saw first-hand how the country is changing ahead of its 2030 transformation plan. Here are our three key takeaways from the event.
November 2, 2023
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