HEALTHCARE SECTOR IN SLOVENIA

HEALTHCARE SECTOR IN SLOVENIA

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FACTS ABOUT SLOVENIA

Main facts about Slovenia Area: 20,273 km2 Population: 2 million Language: Slovenian, Italian and Hungarian (in ethnically mixed regions) Member of: EU, NATO & OECD Currency: EURO Capital: Ljubljana (300.000 pop.) More information: http://www.investslovenia.org/industries/ http://www.investslovenia.org/business-environment/ http://www.investslovenia.org/fileadmin/dokumenti/is/publications/connect_to_slovenian_business_excellence_2012-reduced_file.pdf

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About Healthcare sector in Slovenia Healthcare is very well spread across Slovenia. Practically every Slovenian town has a health centre, and villages have individual clinics. Every Slovenian town and village is served by emergency medical assistance. Euro Health Consumer Index EHCI: http://www.healthpowerhouse.com/files/ehci_2016/ehci_2016_report.pdf

Public/private sector: 225 public institutions and 1558 private doctors 59 healthcare centres 26 hospitals 24 pharmacies 103 nursing institutions MORE: http://www.zzzs.si/indexeng.html Public institutions must publish public tenders for all purchases on the Portal for Public Tenders (www.enarocanje.si & LINK). One more reason why we advise UK companies to find local partners BSCC can offer support to the UK companies! Slovenia has seen huge private sector growth in the past years. The number of beds in nursing homes has increased to just under 20,000, up from 1,000 beds a couple of years ago. Slovenia's natural health resorts, thermal spas and wellness centres are pillars of what Slovenia has to offer people for whom health and wellness are important.

Life expectancy: 78,2 (male) and 84,1 (female) Healthy years expectancy: 57,8 (male) 59,6 (female) 18% of population more than 60 years Demographics Source: Index Mundi, 2017

National health ID Registered morbidity rate: 3.798,9/100.000 inhabitants (2011-15) Most frequent diagnoses: Influenza (26%), rotavirus (17%), infections (12%) (2015)

Drugs prescription Total value of prescribed drugs: 432 mio EUR 367 mio Average per inhabitant: 8,3 prescription (value 210 EUR - 180)

Future: Due to lack of domestic production, Slovenia imports most of the medical equipment. The biggest projects: - building of new Internistic ER in Ljubljana (currently in stage 2). Expected start of stage 3 (purchasing equipment is in the second half of 2017). - renovating of the hospital in Slovenj Gradec (it should be finished by 2018) - building of new ER centre in Ptuj (expected in 2017) - building of substitutional centre for disabled youth in Nova Gorica (start 2017 finish by the end of the year) - modernisation of hospital equipment in various hospitals accross Slovenia http://ted.europa.eu/ted/main/homepage.do

Current Export Opportunities Seeking innovative solutions in healthcare Strategical partner for own-brand labeling sought INTERESTED NOW! Slovenian major wholesaler in the health industry is looking for new, well established British pharmaceuticals and medical products. Biggest Slovenian pharmacy seeks a partner/supplier for their own brand for various products in filed of food supplements and medical equipment for home use. Over 7 mio EUR investment expected over tenders in 2017 (high value equipment)

More: http://www.pomurski-sejem.si/index.php/en/medical/medical

Central Healthcare Event in Slovenia UK Business Breakfast focusing on the prevention of infections Fair of Modern Medicine 2017 MEDICAL is being organized by Pomurski sejem in cooperation with the Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Medical Devices SLO-MED and under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia. UK will be a partner country with the UK pavillion (UK companies) at the fair BSCC will organise one-day conference (6 April 2016) with many distinguished guests from UK and Slovenia in cooperation with British Embassy Ljubljana 6 8 April 2017, Gornja Ragona The only medical fair in Slovenia. 6.000 visitors 100 exhibitors

Agenda (6 April)* 08:00 09:00: Opening and Business Breakfast 09:00 09:45: Guests speakers: - British Ambassador to Slovenia - Representatives of Ministry of Health SLO / UK - Representatives of NHS UK 09:45 10:00: Guest speaker from the field of legionella 10:00 10:30: Guest speaker from the prevention of hospital infections 10:30 11:00: Guest speaker from DVT (tbc) 11:00 11:55: Panel on the Prevention of Hospital Infections 12:00 Official opening of the fair with guests and protocol tour around the fair 13:00 16:30: B2B meetings (other meetings will be part of the fair at the UK Pavilion) *The programme might change

Accommodation: Hotel Izvir****, Radenci Packages for UK companies STANDARD MEETINGS ONLY 3 overnight stays with breakfast and dinner in single room in Hotel Izvir**** Business Breakfast Stand at the UK Pavillion Registration fee and organisation of up to 5 B2B meetings 2 overnight stays with breakfast and dinner in single room in Hotel Izvir**** Business Breakfast Registration fee and organisation of 3 B2B meetings 690 490

How can this event help your company? Learn from our key speakers about the topic: Prevention of hospital infections Learn from our key speakers on how to enter Slovenian market Learn from best practice cases on how to succeed in Slovenia Showcase your products and meet with buyers Meet your future partners (Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary) through matchmaking meetings Use this event for networking

BSCC DIT Overseas Delivery Partner a UK Government project set up to help British companies to do business in overseas markets we share standards and procedures with DIT and function as a business consultancy. Our team of professional export consultants helps British exporters to find opportunities in Slovenia. Over the past three years, BSCC Trade Team have supported more than 500 British exporters with relevant information about the Slovenian market and information about export opportunities via the Exporting is GREAT platform. Our mission is to increase trade and cooperation between UK and Slovenian businesses through innovative projects and member events. Our vision is to make the chamber innovative, reliable and active on the business scene in Slovenia and the UK, and increase trade by 25 % by 2020.

Enter the Slovenian Market BSCC can provide you with: 1. Analysis of your industry sector in Slovenia 2. Direct contact details of your potential business partners 3. Follow-up of the chosen contacts 4. Organising the meetings in Slovenia 42/hour

Series of BSCC Webinars 22 November Doing Business in SLOVENIA 14 December Automotive Industry in SLOVENIA 12 January Food Sector in SLOVENIA 2 February Healthcare Sector in SLOVENIA 14 March Doing Business in SLOVENIA (TBC) 20 April Plant science & homeware in SLOVENIA

Please contact us for further information British-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce Vošnjakova 1, 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia www.bscc.si Aleksandra Barič aleksandra.baric@bscc.si T: +386 51 378 545 Martin Retelj info@bscc.si T: +386 8 205 0966