May
Healthscope plight shows we can’t afford to let private hospitals fail
The Australian healthcare system grows at GDP plus 2 per cent every year and would collapse in the absence of private healthcare activity.
Healthscope lifeline to keep hospitals afloat amid buyer search
While the company says it has 10 prospective suitors, Health Minister Mark Butler has flagged that overseas private equity firms are unacceptable hospital owners.
April
This investor prefers hospitals to offices in $28m Hunters Hill buy
April Group has acquired Hunters Hill Private Hospital for $28 million on the basis it will deliver stable rents and rising land values.
August 2019
Healthscope executives face hospital inquiry
The $840 million Northern Beaches Hospital was meant to be the jewel in Healthscope's crown, but has been plagued with problems since opening last October.