Ramsay to transition from APHA membership

RAMSAY Healthcare has advised it will conclude its membership of the Australian Private Hospitals Association at the end of 2026, following the required six months' notice period under the APHA Constitution.

"The APHA thanks Ramsay for decades of valued partnership and looks forward to continuing to work with them in a new capacity in 2027," APHA CEO Brett Heffernan said.

"Ramsay has been a longstanding and important part of the APHA, and we are grateful for everything we have achieved together over the years. We fully respect their decision and wish them every success going forward.

"The APHA is well-positioned for this transition and remains focused on what matters most – advocating for a strong, sustainable private hospital sector that serves all Australians.

"Central to that mission is urgently calling on the Federal Government to deliver on the reforms it identified in its Private Hospital Viability Health Check in November 2024. Australians who rely on private hospitals deserve action, not delay.

"The financial imbalance across the sector is stark and unsustainable. With insurers recording operating profits of $2.7 billion last year while private hospitals collectively lost $756 million, the current funding model is simply not working for patients or hospitals.

"The APHA will continue to make the case clearly and persistently – to government and to the public – that reform is needed now. A thriving private hospital sector is in everyone's interest, and we remain determined to secure the policy settings that make that possible."

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