Hunter health insurance rate 'driving force' behind abandonment of Maitland Hospital PPP: Hazzard

Nick Bielby
Updated September 14 2017 - 6:20pm, first published 6:00pm
On the road: A convoy of buses and cars carrying dozens of Maitland residents and hospital staff went to NSW Parliament on Thursday to hear the debate over a petition calling for the new Maitland Hospital to be publicly run and funded. Picture: Simone De Peak
On the road: A convoy of buses and cars carrying dozens of Maitland residents and hospital staff went to NSW Parliament on Thursday to hear the debate over a petition calling for the new Maitland Hospital to be publicly run and funded. Picture: Simone De Peak

The rate of private health insurance cover in the Lower Hunter was a key reason that the state government abandoned a public-private partnership for the new Maitland Hospital, NSW Parliament has heard.

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Nick Bielby

Nick Bielby

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Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has been with the Newcastle Herald since 2017.

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