Company behind GP at Hand reports £95m loss

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Losses of £95m for Babylon Partners Limited in the year to 31 December 2019 represent an increase from losses of around £60m in 2018 - and mean the company has reported a loss for five years in a row. As in accounts for 2018, the company attributed losses to 'investment in developing artificial intelligence technology and global expansion'.

Babylon Healthcare Services Limited, meanwhile - the arm that includes the GP at Hand service - also made a loss in 2019 of £1.8m. In 2018 Babylon Healthcare reported a profit of £288,537, just over double its profit of £108,358 for 2017.

Losses in the most recent accounts filed by Babylon Health and Babylon Partners come despite NHS data for January 2021 showing that GP at Hand now holds a patient list of almost 90,000 - the largest in England.


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Amazon was running at a lost for several years. Acording to Wikipedia it was 6 year. It also says:
According to sources, Amazon did not expect to make a profit for four to five years. This comparatively slow growth caused stockholders to complain that the company was not reaching profitability fast enough to justify their investment or even survive in the long-term.... The company finally turned its first profit in the fourth quarter of 2001
 
£95m is quite a lot. How does it compare to NHS/medical total spending though.
 
£95m is quite a lot. How does it compare to NHS/medical total spending though.
Well, £95m divided by 90k patients equates to about £1,055 loss per patient. I heard yesterday that Amazon is now worth $1.5 trillion 😱
 
Yes, Amazon are worth quite a bit now.
 
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