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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Gabriel Fowler

Hunter New England medical negligence payouts reach averages of up to $2.4m

Hunter New England Local Health District has refused to release comparative data for medical negligence claim payouts. Picture by Marina Neil.

MISTAKES, mismanagement and other medical mishaps in the Hunter New England region have cost an average half a million dollars across 20 different injury types.

The highest average payment of $2.4 million went to patients with nursing care-related claims in the three years to the end of 2022.

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