Court Decision on NZ Pathology Contract

Court Decision on NZ Pathology Contract

March 21 2007

Labtests remains committed to providing community pathology services for Auckland and is now 100% focused on re-tendering for the contract.

Labtests put forward a competitive, value for money proposition and remains confident of its capacity and ability to deliver a quality, internationally competitive service to the greater Auckland community.

The company looks forward to meeting with the ARDHBs to discuss the next steps and express this commitment to serve the health needs of Aucklanders.

-ends-

About Labtests

Labtests is a 77 per cent owned subsidiary of Healthscope Limited and local partners. Labtests was appointed sole provider for community pathology services for the Auckland region in July 2006. The contract covers pathology tests referred by health professionals in the regions governed by the Auckland District Health Board, the Waitemata District Health Board and the Counties Manukau District Health Board.

About Healthscope Healthscope is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: HSP) and is one of Australia’s leading private healthcare operators. Healthscope is Australia’s second largest private hospital provider with flagship hospitals in every State and Territory and an integrated national pathology footprint. Healthscope owns and/or manages 47 medical/surgical, rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals in Australia and is a major pathology operator in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia.

ENDS

© Scoop Media