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Aims & Objectives

Membership of the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) is voluntary. Our members bring unity of purpose and dedication to the shared vision of seeing private hospital treatments and care celebrated through recognition of their vital contributions - including patient care, a balanced health system, economic footprint and the social fabric - to the benefit of the Australian community.

What we do

Provide access and choice in healthcare

To ensure that Australians are empowered with personal choice and rapid access to affordable hospital care of the highest quality.

Achieve autonomy

To continue government recognition of the comprehensive role private hospitals have in providing a full range of healthcare services and their commitment to adequate self-regulation and review – thus ensuring the highest standards in quality care.

Promote the role of private hospitals

To adopt all measures necessary to emphasise the rightful place of private hospitals in Australia's unique balanced health care system.

Drive excellence

To champion the cause of private hospitals and the issues they face in delivering the very best in hospital care to patients.

Sustainable change

To promote and protect the interests of private hospitals, their owners and operators, and to proactively interact with members, to ensure private health care continues to be dynamic in meeting the ever-changing needs of the Australian community.

Celebrate

Promote and recognise the highest professional and ethical standards, health service delivery achievements and innovative medical and non-medical treatments for the betterment of patient and community wellbeing.

Collaborate

Initiate, foster and maintain a consultative, cooperative and communicative approach to dealing with governments, bureaucracies, other health and health-related organisations, media, community groups and the public.

Inform

Stimulate greater awareness of private hospital excellence through improved communication between hospitals and the Australian community.

Lobby

Act as the principal coordinating and peak lobbying body for private hospitals and day surgery facilities.

Unify

Encourage and facilitate united positions among member and non-member private hospitals, as well as all other relevant bodies, to achieve consensus in the policies and issues advanced.