LAON Hospital Center

What LAON Hospital Center does

Centre Hospitalier de Laon is a French public hospital (établissement public de santé) operating under the Sécurité Sociale reimbursement framework, serving a catchment area of approximately 100,000 inhabitants in the Aisne department of the Hauts-de-France region. The facility is organized across five activity poles (surgery, woman-mother-child, medicine, medical-technical, and emergencies) delivered through six physical sites anchored by Hôpital Simone Veil (232 MCO beds plus 27 day places), with supplementary capacity in rehabilitation (40 SSR beds), nursing home (126 EHPAD beds), and long-term care (41 USLD beds). Annual activity includes 18,257 admissions, 104,827 external consultations, 33,469 emergency consultations, 6,547 surgical interventions, and 785 births, supported by a workforce of 1,300 agents.

The hospital operates a HAS-certified quality/risk management system and is integrated into the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire Aisne Nord Haute-Somme, with Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Quentin as the supporting establishment. Digital infrastructure is limited to third-party integrations: Doctolib for appointment scheduling, PayFIP for public-payment processing, eMedia for imaging results, and MonLabo for laboratory results. An on-site Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers et d'Aides-Soignants (IFSI/IFAS), established in 1926 and ISO 9001/ISO 14001/QUALIOPI certified, trains 94 nursing and 84 caregiver students annually alongside a CESU02 emergency-care training center.

Revenue is generated through French public healthcare reimbursement under the GHM DRG-based payment system and fee-for-service consultations, supplemented by training institute tuition (pedagogical costs funded by the Conseil Régional des Hauts de France) and continuing-education revenue. The entity is government-owned and operated as a public service, with no private equity or venture funding. Governance is exercised through a Conseil de Surveillance presided by the Mayor of Laon and a Directoire led by Director Julien Dupain.

Name

LAON Hospital Center

Legal name

Centre Hospitalier de Laon

Website

https://ch-laon.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Centre Hospitalier de Laon is a French public hospital serving approximately 100,000 inhabitants in the Aisne department with 232 MCO beds, 1,300 staff, and a training institute, funded through the Sécurité Sociale reimbursement system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospital-Operated Urgent Care Centers (HLAFADAC), Nursing Homes (Non-SNF) (HLAFAFAC)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Acute care medicine
• Emergency medical services
• Nursing education programs
• Elderly long-term care

Headquarters

HQ city

Laon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Hospital Healthcare Reimbursement: The hospital operates under the French public healthcare system (Sécurité Sociale), receiving reimbursement for medical services provided to patients covered by French national health insurance. Services are billed through the established French DRG-based payment system (GHM - Groupe Homogène de Malades) and fee-for-service consultations.
2. Training Institute Revenue: The IFSI/IFAS training institute generates revenue through student enrollment. The Conseil Régional des Hauts de France funds the pedagogical costs of training, while the institute also provides continuing education services certified QUALIOPI.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Centre Hospitalier de Laon operates as a French public hospital providing comprehensive acute medical, surgical, and obstetric care across 232 inpatient beds and 27 day places, supplemented by 40 rehabilitation, 126 EHPAD nursing home, and 41 USLD long-term care beds. Services span emergency care (SAU-SMUR), outpatient consultations, medical-technical services (laboratory, pharmacy, imaging), maternal and child health, and elderly care. The hospital also operates an IFSI/IFAS nursing and caregiver training institute and a CESU02 emergency care training center.

Product overview

LAON Hospital Center (Centre Hospitalier de Laon) is a public hospital offering comprehensive healthcare services through multiple specialized departments: Medicine (internal medicine, cardiology, nephrology, oncology), Surgery (visceral, orthopedic, urology, ophthalmology), Women-Mother-Child services (obstetrics, pediatrics), Emergency care (SAU-SMUR), Medical-Technical services (laboratory, pharmacy, imaging), and Elderly care (geriatric medicine, rehabilitation, nursing homes). The hospital operates 232 beds and 27 day places in medicine, surgery, and obstetrics, plus 40 rehabilitation beds, 126 EHPAD beds, and 41 USLD beds. The facility also includes a training institute (IFSI/IFAS) for nursing education and a CESU02 emergency training center. Patient services include online appointment booking via Doctolib, medical imaging results via eMedia, laboratory results via MonLabo, and online payments via PayFIP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hôpital Simone Veil: Main hospital site hosting medicine, surgery, and obstetrics activities
• Centre de soins des Tuileries
• Maison de retraite César d'Estrées
• CAMSP

Products and services

• Médecine (Medical Services) Internal medicine and infectious diseases department offering general medical care across multiple specialties including cardiology, nephrology, oncology, and palliative care for adult inpatients and outpatients.
• Chirurgie (Surgery) Surgical services including visceral/digestive surgery, orthopedic surgery, urology, ophthalmology, ORL and maxillofacial surgery, and hepatogastroenterology.
• Femme-Mère-Enfant (Women-Mother-Child) Obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, neonatology, and pediatric emergency services including maternity ward and family planning center.
• Urgences (Emergency) Emergency department (SAU-SMUR-UHCD) providing 24/7 emergency care, SAMU services for the Aisne department, anesthesia, algology, and intensive care.
• Médicotechnique (Medical-Technical) Technical medical services including laboratory, pharmacy, medical imaging (radiology), and physiotherapy.
• Personne âgée (Elderly Care) Comprehensive elderly care including geriatric medicine, rehabilitation (SMR/SSR), long-term care (USLD), and nursing home (EHPAD) services.
• Consultations externes (Outpatient Consultations) Outpatient medical and paramedical consultations available across various specialties, bookable online via Doctolib.
• Institut de Formation (IFSI/IFAS) Nursing and healthcare aide training institute offering certified programs for nurses (94 students) and healthcare aides (84 students), with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications.
• Centre d'Enseignement en Soins d'Urgence (CESU02) Emergency care training center organizing urgent care training programs (AFGSU1, AFGSU2, specialized training) for healthcare professionals and the public.

Quantifiable outcome

• 104,827 external consultations annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire Aisne Nord Haute-Somme (GHT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe hospital is a member of the GHT Aisne Nord Haute-Somme, a hospital territorial group. CH Saint-Quentin serves as the supporting establishment (établissement support). The hospital participates in the group's shared medical project (projet médical partagé), governance instances, and coordinated care initiatives.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centre Hospitalier de Soissons: Public hospital serving the Soissons area within the Aisne department; provides similar multi-specialty general hospital services (medicine, surgery, obstetrics, emergencies) and elderly care to a comparable catchment population in the same GHT geography.
• Centre Hospitalier de Château-Thierry: Public general hospital serving the southern Aisne catchment; offers a similar multi-specialty portfolio including MCO, emergencies, SSR, and EHPAD for a comparable rural/semi-rural population base.
• Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Quentin: Supporting establishment of GHT Aisne Nord Haute-Somme and the hospital's direct network partner; comparable-sized French public general hospital serving an adjacent catchment area in the Aisne department with overlapping MCO, emergency, and elderly-care services.

Broad incumbents

• Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes: Large public general hospital in the Nord department of Hauts-de-France; offers similar comprehensive multi-pole services under the same French public-hospital model and serves as a regional reference center.
• CHU Amiens-Picardie: Regional university hospital center and reference establishment for the Hauts-de-France region; provides the full range of general and highly specialized services that smaller hospitals like CH Laon refer into, anchoring the regional clinical network.
• Centre Hospitalier de Lens: Larger public general hospital in the Pas-de-Calais sub-region of Hauts-de-France; provides comparable multi-specialty services but at greater scale, representing an established regional incumbent in the same regulatory framework.

Regional players

• Centre Hospitalier de Compiègne-Noyon: Public hospital group in Oise operating similar multi-site acute, post-acute, and elderly-care services within the Hauts-de-France region under the same French public healthcare financing model.
• Centre Hospitalier de Beauvais: Regional public hospital in the Oise department of Hauts-de-France offering similar multi-specialty general hospital services to a comparable rural catchment; same French public-hospital regulatory and funding framework.
• Centre Hospitalier de Creil (GHPSO): Public hospital serving a comparable urban-rural catchment in the southern Hauts-de-France region; operates similar MCO, emergency, and elderly-care service lines under the same Sécurité Sociale reimbursement framework.

Others

• Doctolib: Online appointment-booking platform integrated by CH Laon; included as an ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor, illustrating the broader French healthcare digital infrastructure the hospital relies on for patient acquisition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CH_LAON
• Facebookfacebook.com/CHLAON
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-hospitalier-de-laon

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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