Federal government gets private hospital resources for COVID-19 fight in exchange for funding support
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Private hospitals will be on the frontline in the coronavirus battle, under an arrangement with the federal government that makes available the sector’s more than 30,000 beds and 105,000 workforce, including more than 57,000 nursing staff.
The government will offer agreements to Australia’s 657 private and not-for-profit hospitals...