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GP Access returns • Issue No 110 • Newcastle’s biggest little community newspaper • June 2023 •
GP Access After Hours Clinic at the Calvary Mater has re-opened. The re-opening is the first stage of a rollout of restoration of the Hunter GP Access Clinics – the hours at the GP Access Clinics at Belmont Hospital, John Hunter Hospital, Maitland Hospital and Westlakes Community Health Centre in Toronto will be fully restored over coming months. The Federal Government has provided $28.7 million to the Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network to commission Hunter Primary Care to reopen the Calvary Mater Clinic and restore full after-hours services at all GP Access clinics. The former government cut funding to GP Access services, forcing the GP Access clinic at the Calvary Mater Hospital to close permanently and four other clinics to significantly reduce their hours from Christmas Eve 2021. Continued on page 6
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