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Healthscope nurses and midwives walking off the job in November to demand a 15 per cent pay rise.

Major Australian healthcare provider can’t pay bills with time running out

A bad case of COVID-19 is not the only ailment which has brought a major hospital operator - with 17,000 staff - to the brink of collapse.

  • Colin Kruger

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Emma Burridge Mother and acupuncturist. Story on birth centres at Private hospitals. Daughter Delilah assisting with lighting.

Emma ditched her expensive health cover but a new plan could get her back

Expectant mothers could have their pregnancy managed by a midwife or GP under a radical proposal to make private maternity care more affordable.

  • Angus Thomson
Joe Massa’s heartbroken parents Elouise and Danny holding a pair of his shoes.

Joe’s death must be catalyst for hospital change

Two-year-old Joe Massa’s death must serve as a catalyst for systemic hospital reform and not become another forgotten tragedy.

  • The Herald's View
Elouise and Danny Massa holding a pair of their son Joe’s shoes in his favourite part of the family’s garden in Balgowlah. Their two year old son Joe died at Northern Beaches Hospital after not being treated straight away for hypovolemia. Balgowlah, NSW. February 20, 2025. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Sydney hospital under fire over death of two-year-old boy

The state’s health minister said the tragedy highlighted grave concerns about the decision to run the hospital under a controversial public-private partnership.

  • Angus Thomson and Nick Newling
Northern Beaches Hospital in Frenchs Forest.

A two-year-old died at this Sydney hospital. It has a troubled history

The tragedy has again thrown the spotlight on Northern Beaches Hospital and the state government’s arrangement with its private operators.

  • Angus Thomson
Declan Lee

People with disabilities ‘let down’ by hospital experience

It is concerning that advocates have been requesting a meeting with the NSW Health Minister since October to discuss solutions.

  • The Herald's View
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers accused Peter Dutton (above) of economic vandalism because his modelling assumed the economy would be $294 billion smaller than the government plans by 2050.

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.

Composite image of Healthscope hospitals where nurses and midwives are refusing to perform cleaning duties.

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.

  • Angus Thomson
A damning submission to the Audit Office of NSW by the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) NSW said dangerously low staffing levels and chronic bed block were putting patients at risk, and doctors’ were growing increasingly frustrated with the operators, Healthscope, and their owners Brookfield

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.

  • Angus Thomson
Bupa is outsourcing part of its customer service arm to the Philippines.

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.

  • Angus Thomson

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