The owner of three Adelaide hospitals is preparing to terminate its management contracts with Healthscope in a move that will whittle down the size of the debt-laden operator’s network to 28, as receivers push ahead with plans to turn the company into a not-for-profit operator.
The Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance (ACHA), a not-for-profit group, has advised Healthscope that it plans to sever ties with the company after 23 years and go it alone, removing Ashford Hospital, Flinders Private Hospital and The Memorial Hospital from the existing 31-strong network.
