{"id":739269,"date":"2026-06-16T02:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T02:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739269\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T02:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T02:47:15","slug":"bulk-billing-300-brain-scan-cost-sparks-affordability-debate-newcastle-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739269\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulk Billing: $300 brain scan cost sparks affordability debate | Newcastle Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_wrapper__6w7GG\">I was disappointed in Maitland mayor Phillip Penfold&#8217;s words after the opening of the new bridge at Melville Ford (&#8220;In action: first cars cross new &#8216;flood-proof&#8217; Melville bridge&#8221;, Newcastle Herald 11\/6). He said that they consulted with the daughters and Kay Sharp, former secretary of the late Milton Morris, before naming the bridge. The council also consulted with residents on the name for the bridge. At the end of consultation, 87 per cent wanted the name to stay &#8220;Melville Ford bridge&#8221;, yet the Penfold majority decided to name the bridge for Milton Morris. When we get the new flyover at Maitland Station, will we will have two Milton Morris bridges in Maitland? The state government has decided the name there. The bridge has been called The Melville Ford Bridge for 150 years, so why change it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I was disappointed in Maitland mayor Phillip Penfold&#8217;s words after the opening of the new bridge at Melville&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,500],"class_list":["post-739269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}