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  • Private hospitals ready to help cut Vic surgery waits
    Clearing public hospital waiting lists by accessing capacity in private hospitals is a win-win. Four-year contracts with private hospitals provides the certainty needed for hospitals to plan staffing, resources and workloads...
  • Private hospitals inject $27 billion into national economy
    New research by ACIL Allen shows private hospitals are major drivers of economic activity, accounting for $27B a year or 1% of GDP, while over 229,000 Australian jobs hinge on the sector, or 1.57% of all jobs in the economy...
  • Changes to PHI for 65+ age cohort a 'disaster-in-waiting'
    A costly breach of trust with older people that doesn't add up. Stripping the higher PHI rebate for those aged 65+ is dangerously flawed policy on-the-run, with all Australians paying the price for the Federal Government's short-sighted cash grab...

Hot Issues

  • Senate Committee submission on changes to PHI for 65+ Australians
    APHA's submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee detailing the Federal Government's flawed approach, analysis and consequences for stripping the higher Private Health Insurance Rebate from older Australians aged 65+...
  • Private Health Sector Reforms: Consultation 1
    We are optimistic the policy areas in Tranche 1 of the proposed reforms can make a positive difference for insured Australians, patients and the private hospitals that treat them. APHA called for them four years ago, so we now await government action...
  • Honeysuckle Health (nib) application for collective bargaining
    The proposal is a 'buyers bloc' to further concentrate insurer bargaining power, reduce competition, undermine patient choice and clinical independence. It would place added financial pressure on struggling private hospitals. It must be rejected...
  • Public-Private Contracting Proposal
    The APHA has taken its long-term contracting proposal to state and territory governments, using capacity in private hospitals to take pressure off growing waiting lists, ease Emergency Department dysfunction and relieve bed block in public hospitals...

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

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.

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