Private mental hospital closure in Brisbane 'just the tip of the iceberg'

Private mental hospital closure in Brisbane 'just the tip of the iceberg'

The private hospitals association blames the facility's shut down and the potential closure of others on health insurers, but a representative for insurers rejects the accusation and says how we fund mental health must change.

Is the private hospital system collapsing? Here’s what the sector’s financial instability means

Toowong Private Hospital in Brisbane is the latest hospital to succumb to financial pressures and will close its doors this week. The Australian Private Hospitals Association attributes the psychiatric hospital’s closure to insufficient payments from and delayed funding negotiations with private insurers. Meanwhile, the future of Australia’s second-largest hospital provider, Healthscope, remains uncertain, after its parent company went into rece…