Sydney’s Northern Beaches hospital is officially entering the public system, ending a troubled eight-year public-private partnership, although uncertainty about the future of private services remains. The transition and legal handover of the hospital from private operator Healthscope to New South Wales Health will occur at 7am on Wednesday. The New South Wales health minister, Ryan Park, said it was a “historic day”. “It’s been a challenge, but today is the start of a new hospital,” he told Guardian Australia. The issue of the quality of services was brought into focus after the death of two-year-old Joe Massa in September 2024 after a three-hour wait in the hospital’s emergency department. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email His parents, Elouise and Danny Massa, campaigned for the end of the public-private partnership, and were instrumental in the passing of Joe’s Law, which bans all future partnerships being imposed on the state’s acute care hospitals.…