Healthscope is a for-profit, American-owned Australian company which operates private hospitals and medical centres, as well as a number of psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals. The company is headquartered on St Kilda Road, Melbourne.
In 2025 it was placed into receivership by lenders over A$1.6 billion in debt. McGrathNicol were appointed receivers-and-managers and KordaMentha were appointed administrators, with a further $100 million injected into the receivership by Commonwealth Bank to keep operations going.
History
Healthscope is a private healthcare provider in Australia with 41 hospitals.[1]
Formed in 1985, the Healthscope Group has a long history in the private health care industry, and was initially listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in 1994.
In October 2010 the Healthscope business was acquired by a consortium of funds, advised and managed by TPG Capital