Northern Beaches Hospital is a privately operated for-profit hospital paid by the NSW Government to deliver services to public patients. Many in the community hold serious concerns about cost cutting pressures, conditions for staff and the quality of care for patients at the hospital. Government data shows that wait times in the Emergency Department at Northern Beaches Hospital are increasing. 

Independent MPs Michael Regan and Dr Sophie Scamps have been successful in securing an independent audit of the hospital’s performance by the NSW Audit Office, which is currently underway. 

I will work to: 

• Increase accountability for the privately operated Northern Beaches Hospital.
• Require nurse-to-patient ratios at Northern Beaches Hospital and support increased wages for nurses and other care professions to ensure we all get better quality care.
• Expand public health services, including dialysis, at the old Mona Vale Hospital site and ensure it is never sold off.
• Improve community based public youth mental health services on the northern beaches, including a Mona Vale Hub.