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Two-year-old Joe Massa, who died after receiving substandard care at the Northern Beaches Hospital.

Premier and ministers keep little Joe’s picture on their desks: The tragedy that changed NSW

On Wednesday, the Minns government officially took control of the Northern Beaches Hospital. It brought to a close one of the state’s most significant public policy failures.

  • Michael McGowan

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About 70 per cent of elective surgeries in Australia are carried out by private hospitals that are struggling to remain viable.

Healthscope landlords lash rescue plan, claiming it enriches offshore hedge funds

One has told receivers that any rescue needs their approval and should not come at the expense of the landlords or taxpayers. 

  • Colin Kruger
Healthscope boss Tino La Spina is leading a bid to buy the hospital group and turn it into a not-for-profit operator.

Healthscope to survive as not-for-profit after private equity bid rejected

Healthscope’s receivers have announced a deal to save all 31 of its remaining hospitals and 18,000 staff after lenders voted to keep it intact as a not-for-profit operation. 

  • Colin Kruger
Northern Beaches Hospital is currently run by private operator Healthscope but will transition to full public control this year.

Revealed: The ‘surgery factory’ planned to ease pressure on Sydney hospitals

Up to 5000 more surgeries will be performed at Northern Beaches hospital to help clear the state’s waitlists, but locals are still in the dark about the future of key services.

  • Angus Thomson
Ramsay Health Care has acquired on of Healthscope’s most profitable hospitals in Canberra.

Hospital giant picks up ‘crown jewel’ from Healthscope collapse

The sale of the lucrative Canberra private hospital highlights just how many of Healthscope’s hospitals are barely viable and could face closure nationwide.

  • Colin Kruger
About 70 per cent of elective surgeries in Australia are carried out by private hospitals that are struggling to remain viable.

‘Have they learnt nothing?’ Radical surgery only option for hospital giant

The sale of major hospitals around the country could determine the final fate of Healthscope and its 19,000 staff.

  • Colin Kruger
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Healthscope boss Tino La Spina is leading a bid to buy the hospital group and turn it into a not-for-profit operator.

More casualties expected as ailing Healthscope prepares for sale

Brookfield, the $1 trillion financial giant, lost billions after failing to deal with Healthscope’s lenders and landlords. It is now facing off for a painful reckoning.

  • Colin Kruger
Mount Hospital on Mount Street, Perth.

48 beds in a Perth hospital have sat empty for six months over fire safety

The Mount Hospital’s $35 million redevelopment, which included the new 35-bed Karri ward and 13-bay day of surgery admission area, was completed in May.

  • Hamish Hastie
The NSW government has seized control of the Northern Beaches Hospital, leaving the future of private services in doubt.

Northern Beaches Hospital is in public hands. Here’s what happens next

The deal is done, but there are still many questions about how the hospital will operate under public control. We break down just a few.

  • Angus Thomson
The end of NSH’s controversial private-public partnership has raised concerns about the future of the hospital’s private services.

Fate of private services hangs in the balance at Northern Beaches Hospital

A plan expected to be unveiled on Tuesday is likely to affect more than 211,000 people with private health insurance.

  • Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson