The NSW Minister for Health has requested that the Auditor-General conduct a performance audit of Concord Repatriation General Hospital. The audit follows concerns raised about governance, resourcing, workforce management and the hospital’s clinical and operational performance. The Audit Office recognises that some of these issues are sensitive and may be distressing for patients, staff and the broader community. The audit will consider these matters independently and objectively, with a focus on whether effective arrangements are in place to support the delivery of safe, efficient and effective health services at Concord Hospital.

This audit will assess whether the Ministry of Health and Sydney Local Health District have effective corporate governance, resource allocation, workforce governance, disciplinary practices and performance management arrangements to support the delivery of safe, efficient and effective services at Concord Hospital.

The audit will examine:

• governance and accountability arrangements across the Ministry, Sydney LHD and Concord Hospital
• the allocation of budget and workforce resources within Sydney LHD
• workforce governance, including recruitment, promotion, complaint-handling and disciplinary processes, and the management of employee information
• Concord Hospital's clinical, operational and workforce performance, and how this is monitored and managed.

If you have experiences or views relevant to the audit scope, you can share them with the Audit Office. This can be done anonymously if you wish. Please note that submissions will close at 5pm Friday 30 December 2026. 

You can contribute to this audit through the 'Contribute to this audit' button in the left-hand menu, the comment icon at the top right on mobile, or through this link.

We may use your feedback to identify key themes, risks or issues which may then be further investigated during the audit. In some instances, we may use extracts of contributions in our audit report as examples of feedback provided where appropriate. If we use extracts of a contribution, we will not identify the source in the report.

We will not share feedback provided to us with any other organisation or person outside of the Audit Office, and we will not publish feedback (including submissions) in our reports or on our website. 

In specific circumstances the Audit Office does have certain reporting obligations for matters relating to wrongdoing in the public sector that come to our attention.

For more information on our confidentiality and reporting obligations for submissions, please visit Our confidentiality and reporting obligations for contributions page.

Please note:

• We will not examine individual matters, nor can we investigate all issues or concerns raised. In general, the audit team will look for supporting evidence from other sources (such as documentation, data and audit interviews).
• While we will consider all feedback provided, we may not contact you to discuss.
• We are not able to answer questions or provide information collected during the course of the audit.
• Performance audits focus on assessing whether public money is spent efficiently, effectively, economically and in compliance with the law. The Auditor-General is not permitted to question the merits of government policy objectives. Please visit the Performance audit guide for audited entities (including non-public sector entities) for more information on how we undertake performance audits.

The Audit Office is required by section 38 of the Government Sector Audit Act 1983 to keep information obtained during an audit confidential and the Audit Office takes its responsibilities under these sections very seriously. 

All information that the Audit Office receives, and working papers that the Audit Office creates during an audit, are classed as excluded information in Schedule 2 of the Government Information (Public Sector) Act 2009 (GIPA Act). An access application under the GIPA Act cannot be made for excluded information.