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Half of UK patients unaware of eligibility for private treatment

English GPs are failing to alert their patients of their right to choose who provides them with NHS treatment shows performance figures released by NHS England yesterday. The number of patients waiting more than a year for planned surgery has grown by 63% in one year, demonstrates the same research, though the private sector now provides one-third of hip and knee replacements.
February 10, 2017

Sote reform could end our outsourcing model in Finland, says Pihlajalinna CEO

The Finnish Sote reform, which will bring freedom of choice into health and social care, will spell the end of the current outsourcing model used by Pihlajalinna, says its CEO Aarne Aktan. It’s not certain the new regional health authorities will pursue the joint ventures that the group has profited from, he said, and it's behind in the race to establish a consumer brand.
January 18, 2017

Ambea to further expand in Norway

Swedish elderly care and social care provider Ambea has completed its acquisition of disability care specialist TBO Helse - its third acquisition in Norway in this field in less than a year. Daniel Warnholtz, CFO of Ambea, explains the group sees strong potential in the market.
January 11, 2017

IFC invests in Turkey’s 1,000 bed Elazig PPP

IFC is investing €80m in a project bond towards the construction of the 1,000 bed Elazig Integrated Health Campus in Eastern Turkey, which will contain five healthcare facilities, as part of the PPP program developed by the Turkish Ministry of Health.
December 9, 2016

Interview: Attila Vegh, CEO, Penta Hospitals Group

By 2025 Penta Hospitals Group (PHG) owned by private equity house Penta Investments, plans to more than triple sales to over €1bn. But growth could be even faster, says its new CEO, Attila Vegh, a former boss of three large English NHS hospital trusts. The real ambition of the group, a merger of Svet Zdravia in Slovakia, the Polish chain EMC and Penta’s hospitals in Czech Republic, is even greater than the sales forecasts suggest. Much of the growth he says will come from working with the public sector. Vegh says that Penta wants to be “a disrupter, a company which introduces best practice and innovation,” thus persuading public payors to rethink their attitude to the private sector. So how do you do that in a region which is becoming increasingly statist and hostile to international capitalism?
December 6, 2016

Ribera Salud denies wrongdoing as allegation of kickbacks is investigated

Spain’s third largest hospital group Ribera Salud, through its purchasing arm B2B Salud, is being investigated for alleged involvement in receiving kickbacks – illicit payments to facilitate contracts. This is according to numerous reports in the Spanish press, including El Mundo, which suggests enquiries are being made into the companies, and named individuals.
November 25, 2016

The case for PPPs in Portugal – saving money but still under fire

Tense negotiations are ongoing in Portugal regarding the renewal of hospital Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) contracts. This is despite an investigation that concluded PPP hospitals are performing on par with public hospitals – while costing up to 20% less to run for the state. So what is going on?
November 7, 2016

Benin signs Public-Private Partnership (PPP) law

The West African country of Benin just signed a long-awaited law that sets out the conditions under which Public Private Partnerships (PPP) contracts can be signed. The move comes as the government announces three hospital PPPs. Ricardo Missihoun, executive director at the Association of Benin Logisticians (AsLoB), says PPPs are needed in the country.
November 2, 2016
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