NSW health is under pressure. The private company running Sydney’s Northern Beaches hospital wanting the state government to take over its operation. After the government banned public and private partnership at hospitals. The company, ‘Healthscope’ is in financial trouble, but the government says the company should not expect to profit from any taxpayer takeover. Elsewhere in the state, Doctors in the south coast are demanding better working conditions and pay. Almost 650 surgeries have been impacted since the strike started.
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00:00The Northern Beaches Hospital has long been plagued by problems.
00:06Now its private operator wants it back in public hands.
00:11We want to work with the state government to allow them to take back the public hospital if that's what they wish to do.
00:18Healthscope was contracted to run the site until 2038.
00:23But the company says it's changed its mind after a recent policy change to ban future public-private partnerships under which the hospital is run.
00:34We see that operating the public-private partnership is now not compatible with government policy.
00:40The government introduced the legislation last month after the death of two-year-old Joe Massa.
00:46A review found multiple failings in his treatment.
00:49History will remember the Liberal Party's privatisation of the Northern Beaches Hospital as an epic failure.
00:56Healthscope insists it's growing financial troubles and poor performance aren't to blame.
01:02Not at all. It's not even rated.
01:04Separately we're working on the financial restructure of Healthscope.
01:09The hospital is expected to run as normal until a sale.
01:13The Treasurer says the operator shouldn't expect to walk away with a profit.
01:18The private equity owners of this hospital should not be making a profit from their disastrous management of this deal.
01:25I will not be seeking a windfall gain on behalf of Healthscope.
01:30On the south coast, doctors are demanding better pay.
01:34Almost 650 surgeries across the state have been impacted since the strike started three days ago.
01:41Think about it from my perspective.
01:44A 30% increase for doctors is about a $116,000 increase in salaries.
01:51Two growing headaches without a quick fix.
01:54Oh.
01:55Go ahead.
01:56Oh, let's go.
01:57Oh, let's go.
01:58No, let's go.
01:59You