Hastings Macleay Mental Health Restructure at Mid North Coast LHD

Hastings Macleay Mental Health Restructure at Mid North Coast LHD

Tuesday 6 January, 2026

A restructure within Hastings Macleay Mental Health Service is being proposed by Mid North Coast LHD. This is your opportunity to have a say on how this affects you.

  • The District has provided the relevant slide deck from Town Hall meetings that were held in December 2025 (see below).
  • The redesign would see the reallocation of mental health inpatients beds from Kempsey Mental Health Inpatient Unit to Port Macquarie Mental Health Inpatient Unit (Ward 1A).
  • Management claim this would allow the community access to hospital level care for Kempsey residents in their own homes.

For more information, see the below links:

It is important for union members to lead this discussion.
 
Please send any concerns to your local organiser at Michael.Kearns@hsu.asn.au.
 
Everyone affected by these changes needs to be a union member. Members deserve to have control over their working lives. Tell your colleagues now is the time to join.
 

New members can join at www.hsu.asn.au/join or call 1300 478 679.