Healthscope
Folly of Fission Impossible exposed by the fiscal facts
I worked in the nuclear energy business in England in the 1960s and I have monitored disappointment after disappointment for the past 50 years.
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Hospitals
These nurses stopped cleaning. Then the hospital docked their pay
As stacks of dirty linen and hospital waste piled up, seven private hospitals issued their nurses and midwives with a stern warning.
- by Angus Thomson
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Hospitals
A stroke victim waited hours for a bed. These doctors want answers
Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised several concerning incidents in their submission to an independent audit of the privately run public hospital.
- by Angus Thomson
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Health insurance
Bupa moves customer service offshore in latest blow to 4 million members
The change follows Healthscope’s decision to terminate its contract with Bupa, leaving members without cover at 38 private hospitals across Australia.
- by Angus Thomson
Millions of Australians to lose cover at 38 private hospitals
Health Minister Mark Butler implored Healthscope and the insurers to “sit down and sort this out”, with almost half of insured Australians set to be impacted.
- by Angus Thomson
Financial woes cast ‘significant doubt’ over Northern Beaches Hospital
Northern Beaches Hospital owes $280 million to Healthscope, the private hospital operator that tumbled to a $649 million loss in 2023.
- by Angus Thomson
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Hospitals
The seven-day healthcare clinic that’s closed 14 per cent of the time
The GP clinic is meant to cut wait times at Northern Beaches Hospital. Instead, it’s struggling to stay open.
- by Angus Thomson
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Hospitals
Maternity, mental health staff cut as unrest swirls at Northern Beaches Hospital
Nurses were told this week staff would be cut from several units at the hospital amid reports operating company Healthscope is undergoing a major corporate restructure.
- by Angus Thomson
Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo faces additional complaints at disciplinary hearing
The initial complaints were deemed to be so serious that, after an urgent hearing of the NSW Medical Council in 2021, conditions were placed on his ability to practise.
- by Kate McClymont
Letters
Letters
Liberals’ only identity crisis is a self-made one
Peter Dutton and his party’s problem is that they keep blaming everyone else for their failure.
Families call for virus-hit nursing home to be shut down
Families with relatives at St Basil's Homes for the Aged have called for the facility to be shut down and residents evacuated to hospitals.
- by Aisha Dow
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