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Composite image of the Massa family and NSW Health Minister Ryan Park.

‘Would Joe be alive?’ Family demands answers after scathing audit

The Minns government says it is committed to ending its agreement with private operator Healthscope despite rejecting two offers to take the hospital into public hands.

  • Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson

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James Tsindos’ family (left to right) sisters Elpida (in black), Kristina, and Georgia (in white) mother Venetia (holding a picture of James) and father Harry Tsindos, at home. 17 year old James Tsindos died in 2021 after going to Holmesglen Private Hospital.

‘I’m waiting for him to come home’: Private hospital under fire over 17-year-old’s sudden death

Three families whose children died at privately run emergency departments overseen by financially stricken Healthscope have spoken out about their ordeals.

  • Christine Ahern and Natalie Clancy
Northern Beaches Hospital is partly operated by Healthscope.

‘Win for the northern beaches’: Community celebrates as embattled hospital operator flags exit

Taxpayers should not reward Healthscope’s mismanagement of Northern Beaches Hospital with a profit, NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said.

  • Angus Thomson and Max Maddison
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
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.

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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
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

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