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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Damon Cronshaw

Calvary Mater GP Access after-hours clinic to reopen on May 29

Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon at the Calvary Mater in December 2021 to discuss the GP Access after-hours clinic with Wallsend MP Sonia Hornery and nurse Phillipe Millard. Picture by Jonathan Carroll

The GP Access After Hours service at Calvary Mater Hospital at Waratah will reopen on May 29, after being out of action for almost 18 months.

The service had closed due to a lack of funding, a freeze in Medicare revenue and slow demand during COVID lockdowns, under the former Coalition government.

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