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The French liberal professions have reacted with fury to a set of proposed reforms which would allow private capital to invest in diagnostic labs and pharmacies. Other proposals would end restricted intake, which restricts access to training for dentists and might give a wider role to non-dentists such as hygienists and technicians.  The report on les […]

The French hospital sector is set to consolidate on a massive scale. There are lessons for other countries here, too. Ramsay looks set to buy Generale de Sante. Meanwhile, Generale de Sante’s main rival Medi-Partenaires, is to be merged with a regional player in a reverse takeover. And we also hear that 3i has decided […]

Batipart, the big property group which is a big investor in Korian, is quietly exploring the East European care home market with Senior Group, a small company ran out of Paris by Nicolai Kobliakov. We talk to him about demand for private beds in East Europe and his plans to launch an invasion of prefabricated […]

The French government has said it wants to limit rises in its €185bn healthcare budget to 1.75% a year,  down from 2.5%. Meanwhile, all sectors are on tenterhooks ahead of the announcement of the new healthcare tariffs in early March 2014. None are so desperate as the private hospitals. Their trade association, FHP-MCO, claims the […]

A new record for French nursing homes has been set in Paris, in a property deal that values each bed in a Parisian home at nearly €250,000. Property REIT Viveris has paid €32m for a unit in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The home will be run by Les Intemporelles, an independent operator that runs […]

The shareholders of Generale de Sante, the largest French hospital group, have appointed Rothschild to assess strategic options. Meanwhile, Medi-Partenaires is in talks with another group. Could this lead to the long-awaited consolidation of the French hospital sector? We are told that the main shareholders of Generale de Sante are keen to find a solution […]