Going public: Government to build and run new Maitland hospital

Health Services Union secretary Gerard Hayes praises the decision that the new Maitland hospital will be fully public, saying it was a “great decision” for members of the HSU, the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association and the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation—the union that represents doctors. “The Minister has given his word to listen to the people and indeed he has, not only in Maitland but the other four hospitals that were subject to privatization and this is a very good outcome for the people of regional NSW,” Hayes said.