Gunnedah Shire Council thanks Kevin Anderson for Clinical Services Plan support

February 19, 2021

Gunnedah Shire Council has thanked Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson for supporting calls to address the lack of community consultation in the Clinical Services Plan (CSP) for the new Gunnedah Hospital.

In a Mayoral Minute at this week’s Council Meeting, Gunnedah Shire Mayor Jamie Chaffey said he was pleased the local member was supporting Council’s position and making representations on behalf of the community.

“Our local member has recognised our concerns and asked the Health Minister and NSW Health to place the clinical services plan on public exhibition for two weeks,” Cr Chaffey said.

 “Public exhibition of the plan will help compensate for insufficient community input into the CSP. We will be closely monitoring developments in this space to ensure this consultation is conducted.”

During Wednesday’s meeting, Council moved to formally call on the NSW Health Minister to place the draft Clinical Services Plan on Public Exhibition for a period of two weeks and accept public feedback on the draft.

If there is no response from the Minister’s office within two weeks, Council resolved to initiate steps to lead a petition to the parliament on behalf of the Gunnedah community.

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