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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Anita Beaumont

'Nothing like it in NSW': $13m eating disorder treatment centre bound for Hunter

Welcome news: Meg, who has had an eating disorder for 26 years, says a new state-run ED clinic bound for Newcastle will fill a much needed gap in care. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

NEWCASTLE will soon be home to a new $13 million state-wide residential eating disorders treatment centre, the first publicly-funded service of its kind in NSW.

Bronnie Taylor, the NSW Minister for Mental Health and Regional Health, has told the Newcastle Herald the 12-bed centre will be built on Dudley Road at Charlestown, and will provide specialist support to people aged 16 and over with severe eating disorders.

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