community - 2026-06-24

Northern Beaches Hospital appoints local Simon Hill as general manager after NSW Health takeover

Source: manlyobserver.com.au

Northern Beaches Hospital has appointed Simon Hill as its new general manager following NSW Health’s $190 million takeover from Healthscope, with the locally raised health executive now leading the hospital through its first months back in public hands. The change matters for Northern Beaches residents because it comes at a pivotal moment for a hospital that has faced years of criticism over its public-private model and is now being restructured under the state system.

Northern Beaches Hospital has appointed Simon Hill as its new general manager following NSW Health’s $190 million takeover from Healthscope, with the locally raised health executive now leading the hospital through its first months back in public hands. The change matters for Northern Beaches residents because it comes at a pivotal moment for a hospital that has faced years of criticism over its public-private model and is now being restructured under the state system. Hill, who said he was born at Mona Vale Hospital and has lived most of his life on the Northern Beaches, has been handed one of the toughest jobs in NSW Health. The hospital became a symbol of the problems surrounding public-private hospital partnerships, and the NSW Audit Office found the arrangement was not effectively delivering the best quality of integrated health services for patients. NSW Health ended Healthscope’s contract 12 years early and took over the hospital in April. Hill had already been involved in the handover, joining the transition team at the end of last year after serving as general manager at Hornsby Public Hospital. He said he has worked in government and public health for almost 30 years...