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Lack of infrastructure hampers integrated digital care

Progress made on the digital and data front continues to raise hopes of truly integrated healthcare, but that promise relies on infrastructure which can support it. At digital healthcare conference HIMSS21, a panel of European experts warned that in countries like Spain and the UK, infrastructure issues are the biggest impediment to progress.

Malaysian private hospitals struggling to procure vaccines

For-profit hospitals in Malaysia looking to provide a private Covid vaccination service are struggling to source vaccines. HBI talks to Dr Datuk Kuljit Singh, medical director at Prince Court Medical Centre and president of the Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia (APHM), to find out more.

Hospital mergers could lead to nationalisations

A UK NHS Trust's acquisition of a hospital from the UK's largest for-profit hospital group Circle-BMI Healthcare may not be the last of its kind, local sources tell HBI, while calls for state takeovers of private hospitals have been heard across Europe. 

Catholic hospital accepts San Donato bid

The Catholic owners of Rome's Fatebenefratelli hospital have accepted a bid from Italian hospital group San Donato despite rumours that the Vatican had pulled the sale. San Donato tells HBI that the deal is being closed.

Spire shareholder rebellion grows as Toscafund voices opposition

Global hospital group Ramsay Health Care's 240p-per-share bid for UK chain Spire Healthcare looks increasingly unlikely to make it over the line, with two of its four largest institutional investors now voicing opposition. We talk to an analyst about Spire's outlook and look at its shareholder structure. 

UK private hospital nationalised

Bath NHS Foundation Trust has acquired the local hospital of for-profit operator Circle Health, completing a disposal process ordered by competition authorities following Circle's acquisition of competitor BMI Healthcare. Could this be a sign of things to come? 

Public health services in Helsinki outsourced to Mehiläinen

Finnish outpatient and occupational healthcare specialist Mehiläinen has been chosen as a provider of public primary health services in Helsinki. This is the first time that public care outsourcing has happened in the capital, Markku Näreneva, Mehiläinen's Director of Public Health Services tells HBI.

Icade Santé plans IPO as REITs bulk up healthcare

Icade will separately list its healthcare division Icade Santé on the Euronext by the end of this year, becoming Europe's largest healthcare-only REITs. The news comes as Aedifica singles out healthcare as the main spending target of a new €287m raise.

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