Prognosis positive for Healthscope revival

THE Australian Private Hospitals Association welcomes the decision to keep the Healthscope group of hospitals intact, open and continuing to treat patients across the country.

"Anything that guarantees Healthscope's full suite of hospitals continue treating and caring for patients, while ensuring stability for the dedicated professional staff at those hospitals, comes as much-needed relief for the Australian healthcare system," APHA CEO Brett Heffernan said today.

"Alternative scenarios would have seen some hospitals cherry-picked, while many hospitals would likely have closed. That would have been a disaster for the patients relying on those facilities, the staff whose jobs were at risk, and an already over-stretched public hospital system.

"This has been a protracted period of uncertainty for everyone concerned and a distraction from the major issues affecting healthcare, so we hope that this decision now provides surety so everyone can focus on what Australian private hospitals do best, providing world-leading treatment and care for patients."

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