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  • Ramsay to transition from APHA membership
    Our partnership with Ramsay will come to an end in December. The APHA is well-positioned for this transition and remains focused on what matters most – advocating for a strong and sustainable private hospital sector that serves all Australians...
  • Hospitals go from bad to worse while government dithers
    The numbers don't lie. New ABS data shows last year health insurers made an operating profit of $2.69 billion, while private hospitals who provide the care suffered a $756 million loss. The system is broken and being abused by insurers...
  • Virtus Health joins APHA
    APHA warmly welcomes Virtus Health Specialist Day Hospitals and its nine facilities as the newest members of the Association. This continues last year's growth in membership. We thank all our members for their support...
  • Tinkering at margins doesn't fix the funding mess
    Mooted changes to PHI tiers, mental health, maternity, regional health, hospital-in-the-home, and overseas trained doctors have been consulted on for years and will be discussed for another year, but none fix the viability crisis for private hospitals...

Hot Issues

  • The secret insurer rort forcing private hospitals to close
    Canberra Private Hospital joins a string of closures amid insurer funding shortfalls. The government can't shirk its responsibility. In awarding premium increases to insurers it has skin in the game. Our Op Ed in the Canberra Times...
  • Insurers are the real healthcare culprits
    It might be touching if not so disingenuous. Insurers hike Gold premiums by 70% over recent years and encourage people to take out lesser coverage, they are foisting massive gap payments on patients to save themselves claims costs. Our Letter in the AFR...
  • Clinical cost-cutting bad for healthcare
    APHA's response to media reports on 'no gap surgery', highlighting the threat to patients and clinical outcomes when health insurers own private hospitals. Published in the Sydney Morning Herald...
  • The word is don't get old, definitely don't get sick
    Over 2.5M admissions in private hospitals are aged 65+. Any portion of that caseload shifting to public hospitals can only make the crises there even worse. APHA's Op Ed in the Canberra City News calls out the ill-conceived PHI rebate cut...

Australian Private Hospitals Association

44th National Congress
Brisbane 2027

12-14 May

More details coming soon

Fact

70% of planned surgeries take place in private hospitals

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Upcoming Events

28 August 2026

APHA Policy & Advocacy Taskforce

The Taskforce continues to focus on the issues affecting the viability of private hospitals, including the profiteering of health insurers while short-changing hospitals by failing to keep pace with costs...

24 September 2026

APHA Workforce Taskforce

The Taskforce assists the APHA Board on private hospital workforce issues, identifies and pursues opportunities for engagement with governments, including representing APHA on national and state-based workforce planning bodies...

4 November 2026

APHA Council Meeting

All members of the APHA Council will gather for the second meeting of the year to canvass the issues, concerns and opportunities for private hospitals and the priorities for the Association...

Fact

82% of rehabilitation takes place in private hospitals

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Why choose private?

When it comes to your family's health, you want the best doctor, in a world-class state-of-the-art hospital suited to your needs, in a timeframe of NOW!

Choose your specialist

Private hospital care means you get to choose the leading specialists who will deliver your care. Whether it is maternity care where your obstetrician and midwife will be with you every step of the way from pregnancy to post-partum or elective surgery where your specialist delivers all of your care.

Building a relationship with a specialist and their team who will deliver on your needs is vital, and that indepth, personalised attention to detail is what sets private hospitals apart.

No waiting times

Going private means you decide when your surgery or treatment will be. You and your doctor choose the date that best suits your particular needs, so your procedure is performed much faster than through the public system and is focused on what works for you.

That means no waiting times for surgery in the private hospitals, where every effort is made to ensure your surgery is done quickly, smoothly and with the highest possible level of quality and professional care.

Private room

Let's face it, no-one wants to be in hospital, but if you have to you want to be comfortable. Private hospitals take care of the details that make your hospital stay the best it can be, including private rooms, private bathrooms, tv services and ordering your own food.

Private hospitals know new mums want their partner with them and their baby, they recognise parents need support in the first weeks of welcoming their bundle of joy – just some of the many benefits of going private.

Find out more about going private