Industry Talk

New legislation to scrap the monthly superannuation threshold is an important step in improving financial security for women, according to health industry super fund HESTA. From ...

By gmorley • February 14, 2022

Australia’s private hospitals will be essential to addressing the backlog of necessary elective surgery when COVID-19 restrictions ease, new data from the Australian Institute of ...

By gmorley • January 31, 2022

The Friendly Society Private Hospital in Bundaberg, Queensland, has announced Simone Finch will be its new chief executive officer (CEO). Ms Finch will replace long-time CEO ...

By gmorley • January 28, 2022

Healthcare and community services workers who are “saving and changing lives” during the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic will be celebrated at the 2022 HESTA ...

By gmorley • January 19, 2022

The Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) has renewed calls for private health insurers to return profits to policy holders and sought Federal Government intervention to ...

By gmorley • January 19, 2022

Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt, has announced he will retire from politics at the next election in 2022, prompting a flood ...

By gmorley • December 14, 2021

Ramsay Health Care Australia is pushing ahead with plans to expand Cairns Private Hospital after purchasing land near the facility. The Far North Queensland hospital's executive ...

By gmorley • December 10, 2021

Australia’s private hospitals have made encouraging progress in their efforts to tackle the "serious situation" of long elective surgery waiting lists, the latest data shows. The ...

By gmorley • December 1, 2021

Private hospitals had major success at the 2021 HESTA Nursing and Midwifery Awards, with finalists in all three categories – and now it is time ...

By gmorley • November 30, 2021

Having established its integrated cancer care model in Australasia and South-East Asia, Icon Group is now pushing forward with global expansion plans thanks to a ...

By gmorley • November 30, 2021