Past Issues
Here is the PDF library of all past issues in date order (most recent first), plus what topics we covered in features.
October 2018
This month, the big news was Ramsay's acquisition of Capio, which has created the first serious pan-European hospital. Unilabs consolidated the French market and Diaverum appointed a surprise new CEO. We also include an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with Vicenzo di Nicola, managing director of European healthcare at Baird.September 2018
This month, BMI secures its future with a rent reduction, Korian concludes a big Belgian deal, and a giant German ophthalmology chain enters the Swiss market. Among the usual slew of interviews we chat to Richard Andrews from Healios about the burgeoning world of digital mental health, and bring you news following our attendance at the Uniglobal Health Insurance Conference in Berlin.August 2018
You wait months for a big deal and two come along at once. August saw Capio sell its French business while GCC operator NMC Health bought Aspen Healthcare. We also bring you an exclusive M&A story in French labs, detailed insights into the UK dental sector, and strong coverage from Croatia to Portugal. Plus interviews with an AI specialist and the CEO of a young persons’ mental health app.June/July 2018
This bumper double edition brings you news and analysis of Ramsay’s bid for Capio, German rehab giant Median going up for sale with a possible €1bn price tag, a roundup of the groups for sale in the busy UK care home market, and the prospective sale of Italy’s largest hospital group. Plus there are interviews with Jos de Blok, CEO of Netherlands-based homecare specialist Buurtzorg, and Andy Jones, CEO of Ramsay UK.May 2018
May's edition brings you insights into the acquisitions of Mehilainen and Attendo's business in Finland, the latest on the ongoing sale of two of the UK's largest care home groups, and an update on how AI and big data are changing healthcare. We also interview the new Affidea CEO and Bain & Company's head of healthcare private equity practice for EMEA.April 2018
London's QEII centre hosted HBI 2018 again this month, our annual conference dedicated to the business of healthcare across the globe. Along with insights and write-ups from the two-day event, we tell you about the surprise buyer for insolvent German hospital group Paracelsus, and bring you news of the sale of medicalised homecare and outpatient group Mehiläinen.March 2018
This month sees several high profile M&A stories develop. There has been aggressive bidding for Care UK, Attendo has announced it is selling off its Finnish operations, Netcare is leaving the UK and we hear which German care home groups will sell in 2018. We also interview executives from Siemens Healthineers and GE Healthcare.February 2018
Results season is upon us - and hospital operators are facing a tough time of it in France and Europe as our reports show, though the signs are more encouraging elsewhere. In other news, we bring you the latest on prospective big sales in ophthalmology, nursing homes and imaging, and interview the Senior Vice President of UPMC International on how to build a continent-spanning business focused on high-quality specialist care.December 2017 - January 2018
This bumper double edition includes news of the Affidea CEO quitting, and the group's plans for global expansion, a chat with the man spearheading a new pan-European radiotherapy network, and an interview with the Sweden-based CEO running a dental company with a difference.November 2017
In this month’s Europa, we bring you the future of genetics, the next dentistry market to consolidate and an in-depth interview with one of the foremost experts on dentistry chains. In news, we cover Medicover’s M&A plans, Mediclinic’s bid for Spire and there’s also all the gossip from the Jefferies Conference.October 2017
This October, we bring you news of a planned €2bn healthcare services fund, further consolidation in the dentistry market and a £1bn bid for one of Europe's largest hospital groups. There are also interviews and features examining radical change to the insurance market.September 2017
This month, we bring you the complete picture of dentistry in Europe as consolidation speeds-up, cover medical education and have in-depth interviews with leaders in medical education, digital health, venture capital, healthcare property and operators from Norway and Hungary. In news, we have plenty of deals, look at the changing insurance market, and examine what went wrong in Falck.July/Aug 2017
News on potential IPOs in Finland, HC-One's Bupa-deal and the bold plans of Unilabs. We also have interviews with the CEO of BMI Healthcare, Vivalto Santé and a new Finnish group Heltti, and a feature on threats to London's Harley Street and the private practice model.June 2017
In this month's Europa, we cover deals for Domus Vi and GCC Genetics, elections in France and the UK and bring you interviews with Medical Properties Trust, Wellmo, Health[at]Scale and Ottonova.May 2017
SYNLAB continues its move into environmental testing, Aspen for sale, £15m for UK dentistry, interviews with Eyal Gura at Israeli tech start-up Zebra Medical Vision and Ronald Van Kessel at Dutch Medical Office Buildings (MOBs) manager - plus our round-ups of the IMTJ conference in Croatia and the Health 2.0 and IFC conferences in Barcelona.April 2017
We welcomed almost 600 delegates to our annual conference this April and you’ll find a complete round-up of the best stories, presentations and rumours to emerge here. In addition, we have news that the Finnish giants are coming to market, Bupa’s found two bidders for 150 of its homes and an interview with the CMO of the medical tourism site Caremondo.March 2017
Mayo clinic’s plans for a London hospital, news on Ambea’s IPO, how Unilabs aims to triple sales in three years, and interviews with Andy Lockwood at UK outsourcing group Capita – plus a feature on solutions to recruitment and retention.February 2017
Business booms in Italy, there are IPOs galore on the horizon in Sweden, Finland and the UK, and we look at the lab market following the proposed sale of Diagnostyka.January 2017
Cerba to sell for just over €1.8bn, Aevis Victoria launches public takeover offer for telehealth group LifeWatch, and a feature on whether you can make money in UK social care.November / December 2016
Private equity "certain to bid for Cerba", Penta plans €1bn revenue East European hospital chain, and Bupa to sell 150 UK care homes.October 2016
Insight into European players targeting emerging markets, Bupa and Axa loss ratios show PMI becoming a much less attractive product, the rise and fall of digital primary care - plus an in-depth look at the future of the European labs sector.September 2016
Exclusive insight into the €1.5bn Unilabs sale, Fresenius Helios buys Quirónsalud and the repercussions of that deal, and a report on how Finland is to "privitise" public sector providers – plus an in-depth feature on the changing face of plastic surgery.July-August 2016
Medicover plans IPO, Chinese buy Aussie/Euro cancer care group, interviews with the MD of Echevarne laboratories, and with the CEO of Medgate - plus a feature on eHealth and how it is changing the role of insurers.June 2016
Our take on Brexit, an interview of Philippe Tapié, CEO of Maisons de Famille, a study on the future of PMI in Europe, two reports on the English NHS – and coverage of the 2016 eHealth week in Amsterdam.May 2016
Our in-depth report on the likely impacts of the Hospital Structure Act in Germany, an interview with Eduard Maták, partner at Penta Investments - and will ICHOM succeed in standardising outcome measurements?April 2016
We look at political uncertainty in Poland - plus Siemens' survey on emerging markets and all the news from our 2016 Breaking Barriers conference.March 2016
Our post-MIPIM healthcare property review, the inside story on Stuart Fletcher’s defenestration from Bupa and what happens when you can get computers to read medical records?February 2016
What do teleconsultations look like beyond the hype? Plus interviews with Professor Grigory Roytberg, founder and CEO of Medicina, Ekaterina Timofeeva, principal at Boston Consulting Group Russia, and Dr André Schmidt, CEO of Median.
