CO-LOCATED PRIVATE HOSPITAL SERVICES IN TASMANIA
AMA Tasmania supports the opportunity for ensuring ongoing certainty around co-located private hospital services in Tasmania. The AMA believes it is essential to have a private hospital facility, including a useful Emergency Department capability, co-located with the Royal Hobart Hospital. By doing this, it ensures a critical mass and appropriate balance of staff and services are available for the city hospital precinct.
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It makes good sense to periodically test the market to ensure the most effective use of the facilities available for delivering co-located private hospital services associated with the RHH.
Given the co-located private hospital already supports a complex ecosystem of related but independent medical services in the Hobart CBD that benefit public and private patients alike, it is crucial that the tender process is undertaken in a timely, transparent and consistent manner. ENDS