New Bureau of Health Information statistics show only half Tamworth hospital patients treated in time in emergency department

Andrew Messenger
Updated September 16 2021 - 3:29pm, first published 6:30am
CRUNCH TIME: Susan Heyman said poor emergency department statistics were due to a 40 per cent increae in patients. Photo: Peter Hardin, file
CRUNCH TIME: Susan Heyman said poor emergency department statistics were due to a 40 per cent increae in patients. Photo: Peter Hardin, file

Barely half of emergency department patients at Tamworth hospital started treatment on time for three months this year, according to new statistics.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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