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Ryan Park
Coverage of Ryan Park in the Nexus archive.
- Public urged to avoid hospital unless ‘life might be in danger’ after record day for Sydney emergency departments
Sick patients in New South Wales are being urged to avoid emergency rooms unless their life is at risk due to a record 10,000 presentations to Sydney hospitals on a single winter day. The New South Wales health minister, Ryan Park, described the surge as the 'biggest ever recorded winter day in history', exceeding the average by 1,000 people.
- Northern Beaches hospital handed to NSW government, ending troubled public-private partnership
Sydney’s Northern Beaches hospital transitions from private operator Healthscope to NSW Health at 7am on Wednesday, ending an eight-year public-private partnership. NSW Health Minister Ryan Park called the handover a 'historic day' amid ongoing uncertainty about private services.