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NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has vowed the state government will “do anything we can” to make sure the troubled Northern Beaches Hospital will “come back into public hands”.
Mr Park spoke last week at a community forum organised to discuss the future of the hospital run by private company Healthscope....
Local independent state MPs Michael Regan and Jacqui Scruby - strong advocates for the hospital to be operated by NSW Health - organised the question-and-answer session attended by about 450 people at Dee Why RSL Club...
Mr Park said the government would “carefully consider any proposal” regarding Northern Beaches Hospital.
He said that taking over the hospital would be difficult and challenging, given the complexity of the contract Healthscope signed with the previous Coalition government.
However, Mr Park told the forum this “model of healthcare no longer works”.