Synergy Health Share Discussion Threads

[matthewa] 03/1/2002 14:13

Looking good for 2002 me thinks.

[dil] 31/12/2001 19:26

He told me to pass on his best wishes to you and Big Vern for Christmas and the New Year.

Can't remember his exact words but "and the other two Welsh gits" seem to have stuck in my mind :-)

Dil

[cat] 31/12/2001 13:00

stock shortage
narrow base
record forward order book
Where's Limpy?

[dil] 31/12/2001 09:40

Breakout on.

[dil] 31/12/2001 09:38

Breaking out.

[dil] 31/12/2001 08:28

Synergy was tipped as stock of the year 2002 by Vee Montebello from Gartmore in the Sunday Times who said the following:

Top stock: I predict Synergy Healthcare will be the top-performing stock. As a specialist provider of outsourced medical support services to the UK healthcare market, the company looks set to continue to be a beneficiary of increased government spending.

Check them out.

Dil

[cymro] 30/12/2001 20:36

Dil, the 'expert' was Vee Montebello from Gartmore who said the following:

Top stock: I predict Synergy Healthcare will be the top-performing stock. As a specialist provider of outsourced medical support services to the UK healthcare market, the company looks set to continue to be a beneficiary of increased government spending.

BFN

cymro

[dil] 30/12/2001 18:46

Synergy picked as best share for 2002 by some "expert" in the ST.

[domperignon] 20/12/2001 11:00

Hi Gausie,

no, not THAT stupid... But just hoping for a bit lower re-entry? Do you think I am am overcooking it?? Being a bit impatient I prefer to trade my way through most stocks, but of course sometimes I get cought out and price moves up and I miss the boat.

[gausie] 20/12/2001 09:43

Hope you're not short DP ;-)

[domperignon] 19/12/2001 20:06

Hmmm, looks to me as if we are establishing a range with support near 180 ish or so. I have been in and out and am loooking to go back in, but not quite yet, I think there is more mileage in trading one's way through this one for the time being.

[dil] 19/12/2001 19:11

One to put the crown jewels in Gerard.

[cymro] 19/12/2001 08:18

Cat, you are sounding more and more like the editor of SCSW each day :-)

cymro

[gerard j] 19/12/2001 07:17

Cat/Dil(might be the same person?)
NAE 255p - Trading back to July's price.
Is it time to get back on board?
I noticed yesterday's 75,000 & 63,323 @ mid-price.
Your views.

[cat] 19/12/2001 00:11

Synergy is really about providing an integrated, complimentary range of healthcare services to hospitals:
Sterile services 35%
Non sterile services (laundry) 59%
Environmental services (decontamination and disposal) 3%
IT services 3%

With the IT planning solutions it can offer great savings and efficiency gains through its "ResQ OR" theatre management solution - resource planning and patient bookings.
Also its Trackstar solution - an in-house developed resource planning solution for sterile products/instrument/medical products. This system uses bar coding, so with more pressure being made on a return to re-usable kits ( as they are of higher quality), this makes Synergy more attractive to Trusts.

Sales of these 2 solutions are only just kicking off from a narrow base of 3% of turnover, and with government commitment to encourage NHS use of such solutions, this year will prove a watershed for Synergy.

[cat] 19/12/2001 00:09

ps
you are right however in that at present Synergy's sterilisation business is is less than 50% of its turnover.

Synergy is really about providing an integrated, complimentary range of healthcare services to hospitals:
Sterile services 35%
Non sterile services (laundry) 59%
Environmental services (decontamination and disposal) 3%
IT services 3%

With the IT planning solutions it can offer great savings and efficiency gains through its "ResQ OR" theatre management solution - resource planning and patient bookings.
Also its Trackstar solution - an in-house developed resource planning solution for sterile products/instrument/medical products. This system uses bar coding, so with more pressure being made on a return to re-usable kits ( as they are of higher quality), this makes Synergy more attractive to Trusts.

Sales of these 2 solutions are only just kicking off from a narrow base of 3% of turnover, and with government commitment to encourage NHS use of such solutions, this year will prove a watershed for Synergy.

[dil] 18/12/2001 21:12

And we visit all of the companies mentioned ..... thats why pubs have been a strong feature of 2001 and health clubs (massage parlours) are a likely favourite for 2002.

[cat] 18/12/2001 20:34

sensible chap Gerard, some Johnny-come-lately might see how dirt cheap this is and bung it in their portfolio. Dil and I know some of our readers have. Others that spring to mind are IFTE, NordAnglia and Provalis. We're excited by our selection. We'll soon be doing our Naps for 2002.
Ow's Crois dans matey?

[gerard j] 18/12/2001 18:44

Positive trading statement.
Market cap £35m.
No institutions holding over 3% - how come?
Major Shareholders:
16.20m 0.625p Ords - Dr R M Steeves 19.17%, W S C Richards OBE 16.99%, A C Fitton 14.50%, R B Pearson 2.38%.
Failed 3 times to stay over 200p, but look better this time round.
I might be joining you soon.

[cat] 18/12/2001 18:02

I beg to differ again.
The Welsh representative for ENT at the Royal College of Surgeons has reported a number incidents of gag ratchets slipping, causing tearing of the posterior pharynx. He has had numerous colleagues with similar experiences. I think it only a matter of time that the CMO has a change of mind if he has not already.

The other problem with the disposable kits is that the cautery instrument within the kit has been sub standard leading to several cases in which haemostasis was difficult to achieve.

[analyst] 18/12/2001 16:29

Interestingly, in Wales, the Chief Medical Officer has issued an instruction absolutely NOT to go back to the re-usable instruments!

[cymro] 18/12/2001 13:41

Yep Cat you are right - it is not often you are :-), recent findings/research aside there are still a lot of people waiting for a tonsilectomy. This is due to the enhanced safeguards this procedure is subject to now on the back of CJD etc.

Good Luck

cymro

[cat] 18/12/2001 11:56

I think you are mistaken. Take a look at the waiting lists for tonsilectomy.
The contract for the disposable tonsilectomy kit sterilisation was worth £2.5m to another company...

[cymro] 18/12/2001 11:48

Cat - I don't think this is a big deal as tonsillectomies have gone out of fashion now. Medical opinion has now turned against the policy of blanket tonsillectomies for many reasons, partly because of infection but also it is now realised tonsils are an essential part of our body's system of fending off illness.

Gone are the days when everyone almost routinely had their tonsils out.

I still hold SYR .....and my tonsils :-)

cymro

[cat] 18/12/2001 10:40

10 o' clock news on Friday night - hospitals are abandoning the disposable tonsillectomy kits because of the damage the gags are doing to patients pharynx per op. Lots of tearing incidents. There is a national recomendation to return to using the re-usable instruments which are of much higher quality.
This means loads more work for "in-house" on-site sterilisation units like Synergy which will have to sterilise them.