Diaverum
preventive care , holiday dialysis | |
Number of employees | c.13,000 (August 2022) |
|---|---|
Diaverum is a Swedish multinational healthcare organisation that provides life-enhancing renal care to patients with chronic kidney disease. The company has over 440 clinics in 23 countries, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia.[1]
History
Diaverum was originally part of the Swedish company
It established a contract with IWantGreatCare in 2012 to allow its customers to provide feedback. Responses are collected and analysed in multiple languages for an initial roll out covering the UK and Spain.
Since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 came into force in April 2013 the company has been awarded three British contracts worth at least £150m.[4] In 2020 it won a contract to operate haemodialysis and outpatient services covering East Lancashire, North Lancashire and South Cumbria for seven years, on more accessible sites than were previously provided.[5]
In 2020 the kidney dialysis centers market was expected to continue to grow at a continued Compound Annual Growth Rate of 3.3%.
Service offer
Diaverum describes itself as integrated renal care provider offering renal care from preventive and early stage to renal replacement therapies:
- In-clinic haemodialysis
- Peritoneal dialysis
- Preventive care
- Other medical services such as vascular access
Medical research
Diaverum conducts scientific and clinical research on preventing or minimising the risks for dialysis, making dialysis more effective, finding solutions to minimise risks of dialysis side effects, finding proof of the efficacy of dialysis related drugs and vulnerability of dialysis patients to COVID-19. Its researches has been published in international medical journals such as
References
- ^ Diaverum company profile (2015)
- ^ Gambro history, Gambro (2015)
- ^ Executive team, Diaverum (2015)
- ^ "Private firms on course to net £9bn of NHS contracts". Guardian. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Big improvements on way for patients with kidney disease". NW Mail. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Kidney Dialysis Centers Market 2020 Growth Analysis, Size, Share, Demand and Key Players Baxter, B. Braun Melsungen AG, BD, Cantel Medical, DaVita Inc., Diaverum". BC Focus. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Swedish dialysis firm Diaverum targets IPO in November, sources say". Yahoo Finance. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- S2CID 40355986.
- PMID 19332454.
- ^ Strippoli, G. & Collaborative Depression and Sexual Dysfunction (CDS) in Hemodialysis Working Group (2012): Sexual Dysfunction in Women with ESRD Requiring Hemodialysis. CJASN March 12, 2012.