NSW health minister Jillian Skinner announces retirement from politics

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The New South Wales health minister, Jillian Skinner, has announced her retirement from politics. The week after Mike Baird?s surprise resignation as premier Skinner said she was leaving the parliament as well, forcing a byelection in the North Shore electorate. She also faced pressure over mistakes in the cremation of babies? bodies at Royal North Shore hospital. She was minister for health for almost six years after spending 14 years in total in the shadow role. Gladys Berejiklian: six pressing matters facing the new NSW premier Read more?Most importantly, I have always believed in putting the patient first in everything we do,? she said.