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Spire acquires Doctors Clinic Group and expands primary care footprint

Spire, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, has acquired Doctors Clinic Group, one of the UK’s only pure play private-pay primary care chains. The acquisition is part of Spire’s plan to build up its primary care offering.

December 21, 2022

Dollar Investors are ready and waiting to buy cheap European healthcare firms

The slump in healthcare listed stocks and downward valuations of private businesses are encouraging potential buyers to examine enticing European healthcare enterprises.

October 21, 2022

French doctors want tough measures to stop patients missing booked appointments

French doctors calling for tougher measures for patients who miss appointments - including online where patients are often booking on multiple platforms and keeping only the earliest appointment they get - and sometimes not even that.

September 29, 2022

Netherlands to end free choice in health care

The Dutch government is seeking to end free choice within health care by removing the obligation on health insurers to reimburse care from any provider. The proposal is part of the cabinet’s plan to shake up the Netherland’s health care system, and will make it much harder for new entrants to compete with established providers. HBI chats with two market experts to find out more.

August 19, 2022

Interview—Peter Karli head of Heal Partners, Budapest, Hungary

Peter Karli, the urbane owner and MD of Central and Eastern European-focussed M&A advisory firm Heal Partners KFT, expects “explosive growth in Hungary’s dynamic for-profit healthcare market". HBI chats to him to find out more.

August 12, 2022

Amazon buys primary care network for 6x revenue

Amazon surprised markets by buying the loss-making One Medical US primary care chain for $18 a share, a 43% premium. In 2021 One Medical grew revenue by 64% to $623m, on which it lost $243.5m.

July 21, 2022

Portuguese hospital groups face €191 million fine

The Autorldade da Concorrencia (AdC), the Portuguese Competition Authority, has sanctioned and imposed fines of €191 million on several private hospital groups and the Portuguese Private Hospitals Association (APHP).

July 18, 2022

HBI 2022: How to tackle the primary care capacity crisis

Primary care is facing major capacity issues across multiple European countries, but digital innovations are already shaking up the sector. Speakers at the Primary Care Plus session at HBI 2022 explained how a digital and data-enabled move away from synchronous care can free up clinicians' precious time.

July 7, 2022

Primary Care PLUS

The huge primary care sector in Europe holds the key to outpatient consolidation. Here we look at how operators are pairing it with digital and telehealth, pharmacies and imaging. And at how they are reimagining its delivery and business models. Amon van den Borg, CEO, AEZ Group Bart Malenstein, CEO, Quin Murray Ellender, CEO and […]

June 22, 2022

Who will win the Subscription War and Why?

Subscription models from health care providers and insurers are taking off across the globe. The hope is that this will enable rapid, asset-light expansion into new sectors or countries. Some directly target individuals and their families, some are aiming at the SME/corporate market. So which models will succeed – and which fail? In this panel, […]

June 21, 2022

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