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HBI 2026: Relieving the pressure; Investment, innovation and value creation in elderly and social care

Europe’s elderly care sector is in recovery mode after a difficult few years. Investment into the sector surged in 2025, particularly on the real estate investment side in the UK market. Looking ahead, panellists speaking at the ‘Relieving the Pressure: Investment, innovation and value creation in elderly and social care’ session at HBI’s 2026 conference seemed to paint a bright-looking future, given the increase in demand as baby boomers age combined with promising innovations in technology and care delivery models.

FREE BLOG The UK’s care visa crunch represents another blow to a squeezed sector

The UK government’s new visa policy announcement, scrapping visas for care workers, has sent ripples of concern through England’s care sector. For operators and investors in elderly care and supported living facilities already navigating challenging conditions, such as those introduced by the recent increase in employer National Insurance contributions, this shift represents a significant operational […]

Preparing for the 2025 healthcare investment landscape — in conversation with Sharon Lamb, Partner at McDermott, Will & Emery

As the healthcare and life sciences sector emerges from a period of consolidation and slower deal activity, investors are eyeing 2025 with cautious optimism. HPE Europe, a conference hosted by multinational law firm McDermott, Will & Emery (MWE), convened in London this autumn to explore key investment themes and strategies for the year ahead, with HBI in attendance.

Addressing healthcare workforce inefficiency through AI and 3d indoor mapping – a conversation with Connie Moser of Navenio

Modern hospitals are incredibly complex, regularly chaotic, and often inefficient environments, despite efficiency and proper task sequencing being vital to delivering high-quality medical care and positive patient experiences. Workforce issues are beginning to bite harder across both public and private provider systems, driven by a growing deficit in medical professionals serving an expanding patient population. […]

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.

Is the future of care at home?

The centre of gravity of the health and care sector is shifting away from hospitals and nursing homes. Capacity and resource constraints combined with policy pushes for greater access in the community and advances in medtech mean that over the coming decades an increasing amount of care will be delivered in an outpatient setting and at home. But Joseph Musgrave, CEO of Home & Community Care Ireland, Ireland’s trade association for domiciliary care providers, warns us there is a major stumbling block: almost every country lacks a structured career pathway for carers.

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