Private services that didn’t survive the switch

Private specialists working under the new public Northern Beaches Hospital management lament that many of their colleagues will continue to “jump ship” amid uncertainty and unworkable changes.   The tender process for the search for a new private sector operator won’t be complete until June next year. Dr David Dickison, a senior surgeon at the hospital says the current structure one month into the transition is not inspiring confidence among private doctors.  “There's certainly concerns, particularly watching the numbers of operations going down in the hospital. So, a lot of the private doctors are moving themselves out of the hospital, that's for certain,” Dr Dickison told Manly Observer. "A lot of the private doctors are moving themselves out of the hospital, that's for certain." Despite these broader concerns, the...

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