News The CEO of St Vincent’s Health Australia has said the country needs ‘fewer hospitals, not more’ if it wants to make the most of its healthcare future. The CEO of St Vincent’s Health Australia has said Australia needs ‘fewer hospitals, not more’ to make the most of its healthcare future. But is he right? Hospital boss Toby Hall laid out his case in a 1000 word op-ed that calls on Australia to adopt Denmark’s model – which has reduced its hospitals from 98 to 32 over the past 20 years – in order to ease healthcare costs. Mr Hall pointed to the ‘very large’ number of non-urgent and semi-urgent patients currently seen in Australian emergency departments as evidence for reform, and said medical groups with vested interests are preventing substantial healthcare reform. ‘I sometimes toss around the idea of getting Australia’s healthcare leaders in a room and asking […]