Processing timeline
72
days
Acquirer(s)
LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY HEALTH CARE LIMITED ABN - 11 079 815 697
Target(s) or Vendor(s)
HEALTHSCOPE OPERATIONS PTY LTD ABN - 85 006 405 152, ANZ HOSPITALS PTY LTD ABN - 14 631 014 938, HEALTHSCOPE NEWCO PTY LTD ABN - 80 092 450 274, HEALTHSCOPE MANAGEMENT PTY LTD ABN - 80 146 342 814
Other parties
Kathy Sozou (as joint and several receivers), Keith Crawford (as joint and several receivers), Jason Ireland (as joint and several receivers), Matthew Caddy (as joint and several receivers)
Little Company of Mary Health Care Ltd (Calvary) has acquired the business and assets of Hobart Private Hospital from Healthscope. This asset sale follows Healthscope's parent entities entering voluntary administration, facilitating an orderly sale of its hospitals. Calvary, a not-for-profit operator, expands its private hospital network in Tasmania.
Little Company of Mary Health Care Ltd ( Calvary ) proposes to acquire the business and assets of Hobart Private Hospital ( Hobart Private ) from Healthscope pursuant to a Business and Asset Sale Agreement (the Acquisition ). Calvary is a not-for-profit operator of public and private hospitals in Australia, present in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. Calvary currently operates four private hospitals in Tasmania: St Vincent's Hospital (Launceston); St Luke's Hospital (Launceston); Lenah Valley Hospital (Lenah Valley, Hobart); and St John's Hospital (South Hobart). Hobart Private is a private hospital co-located with and adjacent to Hobart's main public hospital, Royal Hobart Hospital, operated by the Tasmanian Department of Health. Hobart Private offers healthcare services including medical, surgical and emergency care. Hobart Private is currently operated by Healthscope, a private hospital operator with 36 hospitals Australia wide. In May 2025, Healthscope’s parent entities went into voluntary administration, and receivers and administrators were appointed by its lenders and the Healthscope Board, respectively, to conduct an orderly sale of the hospitals in its network.