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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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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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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
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
Almost 10,000 Australians drop private health insurance during pandemic
The drop in membership cost health funds $100 million in premiums, but experts predict even sharper falls in private health membership.
- by Dana McCauley
Sacked hospital employee accused of forging forms to boost private admissions
NSW Police are investigating after an employee at a Sydney hospital allegedly forged patients' signatures to have them admitted as private patients.
- by Dana McCauley
Surgeon says he would not send a stroke-suffering relative to Northern Beaches Hospital
The inquiry has been told it was "appalling" that some services, such as heart and brain surgery, were provided solely to private patients in violation of an agreement with NSW Health.
Northern Beaches Hospital operator punished itself for failing to meet key targets
Northern Beaches Hospital operator Healthscope was forced to dock its own monthly payments after it failed to meet a number of KPIs.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Abandon public-private model at Northern Beaches Hospital, doctors urge state government
In a clear rebuke of the government’s PPP aspirations, the doctors' union has accused Healthscope of acting as if it were running a purely private hospital.
- by Kate Aubusson
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'Unsustainable', 'unreliable': damning report for new Sydney hospital
The report provides the most comprehensive rebuke of the repeated assurances that the problems plaguing the hospital were just teething problems.
- by Kate Aubusson
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