Profile
Healthscope is one of Australia’s leading private healthcare operators. Our reach of facilities around the country firmly places Healthscope as the second largest private hospital provider.
Healthscope owns or manages 45 medical/surgical, rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals. In addition, Healthscope operates a leading pathology business with facilities in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. The company was formed in 1985 and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1994.
Healthscope’s success is achieved by meeting the needs of the communities we serve, providing the highest possible standard of care and creating the opportunity for staff to work in a professional and productive environment. Healthscope has achieved a remarkable rate of growth in the past five years by:
- Assisting doctors and staff to deliver quality care to patients;
- Responsible financial management; and
- A selective growth strategy in our key areas.
We value relationships
If diverse and complex human relationships are the fabric of the health industry, then any organisation seeking long-term success must demonstrate a consistent ability to successfully engage stakeholders at every level of the organisation.
Healthscope has long recognised the need to nurture and manage such relationships. It’s an attitude central to the way the company operates and forms the heart of our culture, which encourages Healthscope’s people to be open and accessible, to exercise financial responsibility, and to take a balanced view in decision making. In short, respect of relationships is pivotal in the way we behave as people, and as a company. We believe that such relationships will be the foundation of Healthscope’s on-going success.