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

Healthscope to return Northern Beaches Hospital to public hands - ABC listen

The future of Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital is now up in the air, after private operator Healthscope offered to hand it back to the state. Healthscope says its deal to run the hospital no longer aligns with government policy - after a law passed last month banning public-private partnerships in acute care facilities.   GUEST: Daniel Mookhey, NSW Treasurer PRODUCER: Brooke Young

Company behind Northern Beaches Hospital proposes return to public hands

The private company behind Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital has proposed the hospital be returned to the ...

Healthscope wants to return Northern Beaches Hospital to government

The private health giant says it is willing to hand the troubled Sydney hospital back to NSW Health.

‘Strain’: Troubled hospital’s admission

The operator of Sydney’s Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH) has confirmed it is willing to discuss returning the hospital to NSW Health following the government’s ban on private-public partnerships.

‘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.

Healthscope and NSW Government look to dissolve Northern Beaches Hospital partnership

The Northern Beaches Hospital was opened in 2018 under a PPP between Healthscope and NSW Health. Photo: Healthscope. The Public Private Partnership (PPP) between healthcare provider Healthscope and the NSW Government to operate the new Northern Beaches Hospital will likely be dissolved following the government’s refusal to enter into such agreements in the future. The hospital has been run under a PPP signed in 2014, with the new facility openin…