Tennyson Centre Day Hospital successful in its tender for public work

We are delighted to announce that Tennyson Centre Day Hospital has been successful in its tender for public work as part of a collaboration between the public and private healthcare sectors in South Australia, aiming to reduce public surgery waiting times.

Surgery shake-up as public shift to private

As of yesterday, there were 17,462 people on the public hospital elective surgery wait­ing list, including 615 listed as overdue.

The deal aims to ease ramp­ing, where ambulances arrive but there is no room in the ED due to patients who have been treated waiting, sometimes for more than 24 hours, for a ward bed.

The four-year contract will give SA Health flexibility to “dial up” the use of private hospitals in times of peak de­mand, SA Health chief execu­tive Dr Chris McGowan told The Advertiser.

He said using available re­sources in the most efficient way would ease pressure on the public system and the cost would be lower than the national efficient benchmark – the RAH rates were considerably higher as its budget blew out.

SA Health will manage a new Patient Services Panel to oversee the agreement. Cost will come from existing hospital budgets but officials say the overall cost and number of patients treated, will depend on the fluctuating demand.

The move comes as SA Health prepares to open four Priority Care Centres manned by GPs and nurses as an alternative for ambulances taking patients with low urgency problem to busy Eds. They were due to open in June but have been delayed repeatedly.

Me Wade said the private hospital “landmark agreement” would revolutionise the management of hospital demand.

“Public and private hospitals have always worked together, however this has traditionally been done on an ad hoc, non-strategic basis” he said. “This new agreement allows for better planning and a more streamlined co-ordination of services to minimise delays for surgery.”

The 13 private providers include day and overnight hospitals, which will primarily assist with elective surgery and rehabilitation, but also give support during emergen­cies or major incidents.

Dr McGowan said the agreement was part of the “ambitious, long-term re­forms that broaden the way the health system operates…”

“With this multimillion-dollar agreement in place, we will be able to provide a better service for our patients while reducing red tape for our local health networks and help them better manage demand.” He said.

Opposition health spokesman Chris Picton said: “Steven Marshall is privatising public hospital services at the same time he has corporate liquidators cutting 170 beds from public hospitals.

This will be the biggest privatisation of public hospital beds since the Liberals privatised Modbury Hospital in the 1990s”

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News July 29, 2017

Radical Sight-Saving Procedure Performed in Australia for the First Time

A radical procedure to restore a patient’s vision using a lens embedded in an extracted tooth has been performed for the first time in the southern hemisphere.  The procedure, osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis, was performed at Sydney Eye Hospital by a team led by ophthalmologist and Nexus partner surgeon Dr Greg Moloney. This innovate procedure was the […]

News April 16, 2017

Nexus Contributes to Ministerial Advisory Committee on Private Health Insurance Reform

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt is leading a review of the Private Health Insurance system, continuing the work of previous health minister Sussan Ley. As part of this ongoing review, Nexus Director Scott Bell was appointed to represent the day hospitals sector as part of a working group of industry stakeholders including private hospital operators, […]

News April 2, 2017

Volunteer Nursing with Cambodia Vision

Jenny Tate, an ophthalmic nurse based at Kogarah Private Hospital, recently travelled with fellow team member Catherine Perry on a medical mission to a remote Cambodian community. Jenny shares their experiences with us here. Cambodia Vision is a non profit organisation. Their aim is to work in small provincial towns in Cambodia,focusing on blindness prevention […]

News October 16, 2016

Further Growth

At Nexus we have continued to invest in growth within our existing hospitals by introducing new specialties, additional surgeons and new equipment. Most recently we have included new high-end endoscopic equipment at our Insight Clinic in Albury, new ophthalmic equipment in Charlestown to support the introduction of a retinal surgery and the provision of operating theatre […]

News August 15, 2016

Bondi Junction Private Hospital

On 9 June 2016 Nexus acquired Bondi Junction Private Hospital, a two theatre overnight facility located in the heart of Bondi Junction in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Bondi Junction Private was historically focused primarily on plastic and ENT surgery. However, we recently established a high-quality ophthalmology service at Bondi Junction Private which is actively engaged with surgeons from […]

News August 1, 2016

National Day Surgeries joins forces with Nexus Hospitals

National Day Surgeries has a proud history of developing hospital projects in conjunction with surgeon ownership that spans over twenty years. Their approach to partnering with surgeons and developing first-class facilities, focusing on best practice patient care, resonates strongly with the Nexus philosophy. For this reason the two groups have found a very strong alignment […]

News June 15, 2016

Nexus continues its exciting expansion

Nexus is proud to announce that five new hospitals have recently joined our rapidly expanding group. Bondi Junction Private Hospital was acquired by Nexus Hospitals on 9th June 2016 Three facilities owned by National Day Surgeries and associated surgeons also joined the Nexus Hospitals group on 30th June 2016 – Tennyson Centre Day Hospital (Adelaide), […]

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