Aspen Medical

Aspen Medical is a global provider of health services, with a focus on assisting rural and remote communities and responding to emergency and critical situations.

Based in Canberra, Australia, Aspen was established in 2003 by Glenn Keys and Dr Andrew Walker. Its initial work involved reviewing the delivery of orthopaedic services under the Blair Governments' National Health Service Reforms, and reducing waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery.^[1] Subsequently thefirm medically supported the Australian-led mission to stabilise the Solomon Islands after its civil collapse,^[1] and assisted the Australian-led international Military Mission to East Timor, which included saving President Jose Ramos Horta’s life after an assassination attempt.^[1]

Aspen has worked in remote areas in Australia through: developing the Western Australia Resources Aero Medical Evacuation for seven oil and gas companies working in the North West Shelf off WA;^[2] establishing the Remote Area Health Corps to provide Primary Health Care to remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory in 2008;,^[3] supporting an existing joint venture between CareFlight and Pel-Air to provide air ambulance services out of Darwin International Airport and, administering the Australian Government’s Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS). This scheme provides short term locum staff to rural and remote locations in Australia to relieve permanent residential staff undertaking professional development or taking leave.^[4]

Since 2012 the firm has provided sub-contracted services with approximately 1000 staff in over fifty Defence sites Australia-wide.^[5] In 2014-15, ir was contracted by US company PAE^[6] to deliver clinical services in Liberia, and established a 100-bed Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone on behalf of the Australian Government.^[7][8]

In 2013, Aspen Medical employed more than 2000 staff and had a turnover of around $163,000,000 AUD.^[9]

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