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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Anita Beaumont

Petition calls to break up 'Newcastle-centric' Hunter New England Health

A petition is calling for the Hunter New England Health Local Health District to de-merge with critics saying the current system is too "Newcastle-centric". Picture by Marina Neil

A PETITION to split Hunter New England Health "neatly in two" has been tabled in State Parliament after securing more than 10,000 signatures.

Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall previously told parliament that the New England community was "sick to the back teeth" of the "neglect" of the local health district's Newcastle-based senior management.

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