Contradictions at every turn in the NSW government’s Healthscope war
The state has outlawed private hospitals running acute wards – and the private hospital giant wants to hand over its facility. But no deal is imminent.
Healthscope caught the Minns government off guard last week when it offered to dissolve its joint ownership at the Northern Beaches Hospital, years before the agreement to operate the facility ended.
The move made sense for the country’s second-biggest hospital operator, given the outcome of a number of investigations into the facility are imminent and the media storm around the hospital in Sydney’s north intensities.
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Michael Smith is the health editor for The Australian Financial Review. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.smith@afr.com
