Members of Bupa and the Australian Health Service Alliance (AHSA) will be charged an out-of-pocket fee at Healthscope hospitals from 26th November 2024, due to these insurers’ failure to sustainably cover the cost of patient care. Healthscope wanted to avoid this outcome, however funding from Bupa and the AHSA is not sustainably covering the cost of hospital treatments. The fee will only apply to Bupa and The AHSA members funds and go towards covering a patient’s high-quality care.

Healthscope, Australia’s second largest private hospital group, has initiated a campaign to educate the public on the big health insurers who aren’t properly funding hospitals for the care provided to hundreds of thousands of patients. Bupa and the Australian Health Service Alliance which includes insurers such as Australian Unity, are refusing to meet the rising costs of patient care, including for cancer treatment, maternity and mental health, while hoarding super profits and surpluses. Local hospitals may reduce services, or close all together, if these insurers don’t release more funding.

La Trobe Private Hospital has re-opened its doors, giving residents of Melbourne’s growing northern suburbs further vital access to healthcare and treatment.

La Trobe Private Hospital has re-opened its doors, giving residents of Melbourne’s growing northern suburbs further vital access to healthcare and treatment.

Melbourne’s northern suburbs will have even better access to healthcare from early 2024 with the reopening of La Trobe Private Hospital and redevelopment of Northpark Private. Simon Benedict, GM of both hospitals said, “Having two hospitals minutes away from each other that together will offer a huge range of services will provide even better access to great healthcare for local communities”.

Knox Private Hospital today officially unveiled its multi-million redevelopment with a modern three storey extension. The redevelopment has added two new patient wards with ensuite single rooms, an upgraded diagnostic cardiology unit, new patient admissions area, a new main reception, a new expanded pharmacy and a new café have also been added.

The new three storey development includes new and refurbished operating theatres, day of surgery admissions centre and main reception area. The new development will also house 17 new consulting suites, a new café and car park.

A new way to capture patients’ emotions is being pioneered by Healthscope to improve how they deliver patient experience following a 3-year study, in what is believed to be a world first by a private hospital.

Healthscope is investing more than $35 million into a staged redevelopment of the Mount Hospital (Mount). Early works have commenced for the largest stage of the redevelopment, which will see upgrades to the hospital’s existing infrastructure and clinical facilities, with the goal of improving patient experience.

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