Up to three private investors have been identified as potentially interested in a public-private partnership (PPP) to finance and run Dunedin's new hospital, a business case document reveals. Options include a private provider running medical services, but the document admits this step would be "inappropriate''. More likely is a private investor building and running non-clinical services, like maintenance, over a long contract. "A [private investor running medical services] looks more difficult and it is likely there would be resistance to any change, given Dunedin Hospital is a referral hospital with tertiary level services.'' Senior doctors' union executive director Ian Powell said the option of a private investor running medical services was probably included to soften the public up.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 21, 2017 18:11 UTC