"Our relationship is special. It just is, and that's that." - Margaret Thatcher 1985 For decades, the US healthcare system has predominantly paid providers for what they do: consultations, procedures, admissions and tests. Increasingly, however, healthcare providers are being paid for what they achieve. This shift towards Value-Based Contracting (VBC) has potentially significant implications for the international reinsurance market. Under traditional fee-for-service arrangeme

"It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price" - Warren Buffett For acquisitive domiciliary care operators, there is an obvious way to find your next acquisition: wait for a broker or corporate finance adviser to send you one. There is just one problem. Everyone else receives it too. Good businesses brought formally to market can attract multiple bidders, competitive tension and higher valuations. More importantly, the bu

Andy Burnham has promised to create a National Care Service. The name is ambitious, but the detail remains sparse. Would it be an NHS for social care, a new funding system or simply a national framework for services that continue to be delivered locally? Although the final design will depend on Baroness Louise Casey’s review, now due in summer 2027, the clues in the public domain allow us to make some informed predictions. What has Burnham actually promised? Burnham has set f

"I deserve equal access " The UK has some of the most sophisticated veterinary care ever available to pet owners. CT and MRI scanning, advanced surgery, oncology and other specialist treatments that were once exceptional are increasingly part of modern veterinary medicine. That is a remarkable development. But it raises an important question: as veterinary care becomes more sophisticated, how do we ensure that advanced services remain accessible to owners who pay for their pe

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