21/11/2013

Almost 100 Jobs To Be Cut At Mater Private Healthcare

Almost 100 jobs are to be cut at the Mater Private Healthcare as part of ongoing cost-saving measures.

The hospitals staff of 980 is to be reduced by about 10%, with management saying that approximately 95 redundancies.

A statement from the hospital read: "Market conditions for the private health sector have presented the Mater Private Healthcare Group with a number of challenges in recent years. There has been a significant reduction in the number of people with health insurance."

It is understood that the recent announcement of a reduction in tax relief for those with private health insurance has affected the private hospital, who warned that the move "may cause further erosion".

(MH/CD)


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