{"id":31361,"date":"2025-02-15T16:27:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=31361"},"modified":"2025-02-15T16:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:27:41","slug":"750000-to-upgrade-health-facilities-in-upper-hunter-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/750000-to-upgrade-health-facilities-in-upper-hunter-region\/","title":{"rendered":"$750,000 to upgrade health facilities in Upper Hunter region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Communities in Scone, Muswellbrook, and Dungog will benefit from a $750,000 funding boost from the NSW Government to upgrade hospitals and health facilities in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minns Labor Government is investing a total of almost $12 million in 61 projects as part of the Regional Health Minor Works Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Projects for the Upper Hunter region include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>$250,000&nbsp;<\/strong>for an Emergency Department expansion at Scone Memorial Hospital, which will convert a temporary overflow area into a permanent space and support the continuation of clinical care<\/li><li><strong>$250,000<\/strong>&nbsp;for a new palliative care room at Muswellbrook Hospital, with an ensuite and carer support space<\/li><li><strong>$250,000<\/strong>&nbsp;to deliver new staff accommodation at Dungog Hospital, enhancing safety and improving capacity for temporary staff.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunter New England Local Health District is planning to complete these projects in the 2025\/2026 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Regional Health, Ryan Park:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Minns Labor Government is committed to investing in upgrading health facilities to support better health outcomes for rural and regional communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Regional Minor Works Program will allow Hunter New England Local Health District to expand the size of the ED at Scone, create a more comfortable space for palliative care patients and their loved ones at Muswellbrook and boost the availability of key health worker accommodation at Dungog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe program is one of a number of investments the Minns Labor Government is making to strengthen rural and regional health services, so people have access to the best possible care close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Labor Spokesperson for the Upper Hunter, Emily Suvaal MLC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis Government\u2019s committed to investing in regional, rural and remote healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing in or caring for a loved one in Palliative Care can be incredibly difficult, so the $250,000 investment in the palliative care space at Muswellbrook will be very welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Emergency Department expansion at Scone will assist the hard-working staff there in providing the best possible care to the Upper Hunter community\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acting Executive Director of Infrastructure, Planning, and Sustainability Anna Styles-Tape:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese investments continue our District\u2019s goal of improving healthcare for regional areas, and we look forward to sharing updates with the local communities about each project as they progress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communities in Scone, Muswellbrook, and Dungog will benefit from a $750,000 funding boost from the NSW Government to upgrade hospitals and health facilities in the region. The Minns Labor Government is investing a total of almost $12 million in 61 projects as part of the Regional Health Minor Works Program. Projects for the Upper Hunter &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/750000-to-upgrade-health-facilities-in-upper-hunter-region\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;$750,000 to upgrade health facilities in Upper Hunter region&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31362,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31361\/revisions\/31362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}