COPS Welcomes Announcement on the Intended Resumption of Elective Surgery

COVID-19 Statement
The Council of Procedural Specialists (COPS) welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement that the National Cabinet will consider the return of elective surgery at its meeting on Tuesday 21 April 2020. COPS will work with the Federal Government, State governments and other medical bodies to ensure that the appropriate protocols for a safe return to work
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Statement on public-private hospital arrangements

COVID-19 Statement
The members of Council of Procedural Specialists (COPS) are committed to working with Federal and State Governments to support arrangements that utilise the private hospital sector in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. We congratulate the Federal and State Ministers for Health on this initiative. The members of COPS have agreed that the following arrangements
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Private Hospitals Summary Stats

Managed Care is bad Investment
ALL PRIVATE HOSPITALS - SUMMARY TABLE 1.1: PRIVATE HOSPITALS, Australia—Selected years 2005-6 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Hospitals (no.) 547 593 592 601 612 624 630 Beds/chairs (no.) (a) 26,227 28,351 29,004 29,827 30,920 31,774 33,074 Separations ('000) 2,925 3,707 3,899 4,178 4,344 4,565 4,706 Patient days ('000) 7,473 8,851 8,999 9,385 9,957 10,423
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