The IFC conference was brim full of confident operators who, despite all the obstacles, are making money and seeing huge growth in private healthcare in Emerging Markets. We report on the new business models.
Globalization—whether you like it or not—has been the major force shaping markets for industrial goods for the past century. Until recently, services, including health services, were largely domestic businesses operating in national markets. Today, technology has given us the ability to tap knowledge workers regardless of geographic locations, creating a global market for services writes […]
The UAE’s largest private healthcare group, London-listed NMC Healthcare, is developing a series of ambulatory centres for minimally invasive surgery. These are part of NMC’s strategy to attract both medical tourists and top medical talent to the region. We speak to CEO and founder Dr Binay Shetty to find out more.
Despite crude more than halving in price, healthcare services are set to grow fast in the Arab oil states (the Gulf Cooperation Council). That reflects the introduction of mandatory health insurance, the rise of chronic disease and a growing population. We investigate.
Towerbrook Capital Partners is to acquire big UK healthcare recruiter Integrated Clinical Services (ICS) from Blackstone and is keen to expand internationally. Paul Pindar, the former CEO of Capita, the big UK outsourcing player is to be appointed chairman.
Kustaa, 35, founded Med Group in 2008 and claims it is now Finland’s largest player in ambulances and homecare. EBITDA came to ¢4.5m on sales of €39m in 2013 and sales should rise 28% to €50m in 2014. He explains the focus behind a company which has everything from ambulances to homecare and from dentistry to primary care, outlines Med Group’s new homecare concept and talks about how reform is likely to open up the Finnish market.
Norlandia, the nursing home, childcare and hospital hotel business, that is majority-owned by Norwegian property developers, the Adolfsen brothers, has made its first acquisition out of the Nordic region, with the purchase of KindeX, the Dutch childcare group. We talk to CEO Hilde-Britt Mellbye.
Denmark is set to massively liberalise its primary care sector. This comes after a ground-breaking primary and outpatient care contract, worth DKK 200m (€26.82m) per annum, was successfully tendered by the Sjaelland region in May 2013 and won by Aleris. Is Denmark set to follow Sweden in creating an active role for the private sector? Falck thinks so: the emergency services and clinic provider has just acquired medical recruitment company Skandinavisk Halsovard. We talk to CEO of Falck’s healthcare services division Jan Steenhard, Skandinavisk’s continuing Director Borje Eriksson and former Global Health Partner and Capio CEO Per Batelson.
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