The Minns Labor Government has walked back its promise to deliver 30 additional beds at Blacktown Hospital in 2026.
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Reading from a pre-prepared answer in Question Time yesterday, Health Minister Ryan Park revealed the new beds would now be delivered at the back end of this year \u201c\u2026or early next year.\u201d
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A Minns Labor Government media release dated 21 January 2026 said the additional beds at Blacktown Hospital were being fast tracked and would be delivered in 2026.
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In the space of just 21 days the Minns Labor Government has walked back this promise.
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Shadow Minister for Health, Sarah Mitchell, said the Premier needs to be honest with Western Sydney communities about when these extra beds will be delivered.
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\u201cThe latest BHI data confirms what Western Sydney residents already knew – that they are being left behind when it comes to health services,\u201d Mrs Mitchell said.
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\u201cAfter three years in government, Chris Minns has delivered none of the 600 additional hospital beds he promised for Western Sydney.\u201d
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Shadow Minister for Western Sydney Monica Tudehope said this is yet another reason why an urgent inquiry into the provision of health services in the Western Sydney Local Health District is needed
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\u201cWhether it is patients waiting for days in EDs, giving birth on couches, or being forced to sleep on the floor, an inquiry will help find answers and come up with solutions for the systemic issues Western Sydney hospitals are experiencing,\u201d Ms Tudehope said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Minns Labor Government has walked back its promise to deliver 30 additional beds at Blacktown Hospital in 2026.\u00a0Reading from a pre-prepared answer in Question Time yesterday, Health Minister Ryan Park revealed the new beds would now be delivered at the back end of this year \u201c\u2026or early next year.\u201d\u00a0A Minns Labor Government media release … Continue reading “Minns Labor Government walks back promise to deliver extra beds at Blacktown Hospital in 2026”<\/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-37348","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\/37348","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=37348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37349,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37348\/revisions\/37349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}