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Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) is the major hospital for Perth’s northern corridor, treating both public and private patients.
The campus provides specialist services for the entire family from birth through to old age and comprises a standalone private hospital and a co-located hospital that provides public patient services.
With a combined total of 716 licensed beds and bays, JHC is one of the largest hospitals in Western Australia.
Privately run with a Public contract
JHC is managed by Australia’s largest private hospital operator, Ramsay Health Care.
The campus treats public patients under
a long-standing public-private partnership (PPP) agreement with the State Government.
This agreement stems back to 1996 when the WA Government appointed a private company to operate the then public Wanneroo Hospital and transform it into a modern health campus.
about the Public contract
JHC’s contract is managed by the WA Department of Health’s North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS). It specifies an annual maximum operating budget and required levels of activity for services to public patients. JHC is funded for activity based
on each public patient treated.
Under the contract, which currently
runs until 2028, JHC is required to report regularly to the NMHS on a range of performance indicators, including: waiting times; safety and quality; and complaints.
treating one in ten Public Patients and saving the state millions
Whilst treating approximately one in 10 public patients in Western Australia, JHC also sees many private patients.
In fact, some 30 per cent of patients are private admissions to our 146 bed private hospital (this includes admission via the ED), saving the State tens of millions of dollars every year.
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