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Northern Beaches Hospital

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 chief executive Tino La Spina says it is business as usual for the country’s second-largest hospital operator.

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

Hunters Hills Private Hospital

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

Northern Beaches Hospital at Frenchs Forest is at the center of community angst.

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.

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