Cosmetic surgery

 

Interview: Tony Veverka, Y1 Capital and Transform

UK-based Transform Hospital Group has gone through its own transformation recently. Historically a medical aesthetics, cosmetic and weight loss surgery-focused business, the group went into administration last year and was bought by a team including former CEO Tony Veverka who is reshaping it into a leaner, broader healthcare services provider. HBI catches up with him to find out more.
March 16, 2023

UK warns off Turkey after deaths

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued a travel warning following the deaths of 22 British nationals who sought medical treatment in Turkey. The country has recently seen a tsunami of patients taking the trip due to a failing NHS in England and the promise of more affordable cosmetic surgeries. HBI speaks to three Turkey-based analysts to understand whether the safeguarding concerns are warranted and what impact the warnings could have on the medical tourism industry.
January 6, 2023

CBPE Capital buys rapidly expanding UK varicose vein treatment chain

Dermatology is hot right now. UK private equity firm Palatine has sold its stake in Veincentre, the UK’s largest chain varicose vein treatment provider, to CBPE Capital (another UK private equity group). This follows the acquisition of Dutch dermatology group Mauritskliniek last month.
October 21, 2022

Interview: Dagmar Dvorakova, CEO and Prof. Dr. Roland Staudinger, managing director, Aquilia Health Group

Smart reha, medical malls, how to best deploy new medtech, Fresenius Vamed veterans both, Dagmar and Roland are full of ideas on how to best build and run health care service models from acute hospitals to rehab and outpatient. Two and a half years ago they quit the mothership to set up Aquila which now employs 45 and runs projects in China, SE Asia, Austria, Germany and the Czech Rep.
March 16, 2022

Polarising politician becomes German Federal Minister of Health

Germany has a new government - and a new Federal Minister of Health in Karl Lauterbach. HBI talks to two Germany-based sources who agree he is a politician embraced more by the public than his own party, and considers what his appointment might mean for the sector.
December 16, 2021

Vivanta ditching aesthetics to focus on dentistry

Vivanta, Spain’s third largest dental group by revenue, is rebranding to focus on its core dental activities. The company is to divest its aesthetics division, and change its name to Vivantadental.
December 16, 2021
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