Emeritus Prof Christopher MayAug 30, 2023

So, interestingly Centene (A private US #healthcare provider) is pulling out of the UK, having failed to capitalise on owning both a chain of GPs & hospitals - both of which are now up for sale.

Apparently they were unable to 'incentivise' GPs to refer patients to Centene hospitals & found there was insufficient margin for profit in the business they were able to direct to their own network.

It seems the UK 'market' for healthcare may be a harder nut to crack that US firms realise.

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@ChrisMayLA6 Not if the Tories have anything to do with it.
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@JohnLoader6

Actually that was I found interesting... despite the #Tories putting in place the conditions for widened take-up of private #healthcare, its not proved as easy as many US firms thought - the social conditions (and mores) are still more different than a common language led them to believe

Aug 30, 2023 at 8:10amWeb