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Northern Beaches hospital handed to NSW government, ending troubled public-private partnership

Sydney’s Northern Beaches Hospital was officially transferred from private operator Healthscope to NSW Health at 7am on April 28, 2026, ending an eight-year troubled public-private partnership. The transition follows the 2024 death of two-year-old Joe Massa after a lengthy emergency department wait; his family’s campaigning led to Joe’s Law, which bans future PPPs for NSW acute care hospitals, and private services at the hospital will continue until June 2027, though the government has not finalized long-term plans for private care.