Healthcare Australia: Staffing business up for sale?

Jul 27 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Champ, a private equity firm, is rumoured to have begun looking for buyers for Healthcare Australia (HCA), the nation's largest nursing and aged care staffing business.

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