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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Anita Beaumont

'It'll be a really long wait': Report shows Maitland Hospital is under the pump

New quarterly health data supports what staff and patients have been saying about demand and wait times at Maitland Hospital.

PATIENTS at Maitland Hospital are waiting longer in the emergency department (ED) as new data shows almost 70 per cent are leaving without treatment.

The latest Bureau of Health Information report shows there was a 15 per cent drop in the number of patients starting their treatment on time at the hospital's ED in the July to September quarter in 2022 compared to the same time last year.

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