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  <name>Estimates Committee B - Answers to Questions</name>
  <date date="2008-07-04T00:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Estimates Committee B - Answers to Questions</house>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Noarlunga Hospital</name>
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      <text id="20080704ace25e86734e4dbbb0000248">
        <heading>NOARLUNGA HOSPITAL</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Ms CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2008-07-04">
            <name>NOARLUNGA HOSPITAL</name>
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        <text id="20080704ace25e86734e4dbbb0000249">In reply to <by role="member" id="1804">Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (29 June 2008).</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="535" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.D. HILL</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Health</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Southern Suburbs</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2008-07-04">
            <name>NOARLUNGA HOSPITAL</name>
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        <text id="20080704ace25e86734e4dbbb0000250">
          <by role="member" id="535">The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts):</by>  I am advised:</text>
        <text id="20080704ace25e86734e4dbbb0000251">Approximately 9,000 outpatient services are provided annually at Noarlunga Health Service.</text>
        <text id="20080704ace25e86734e4dbbb0000252">Outpatient appointments may sometimes be cancelled if say a doctor is sick but this is not common and new appointments are rescheduled as soon possible.</text>
        <text id="20080704ace25e86734e4dbbb0000253">Patients themselves may cancel and some just don't show up.</text>
        <text id="20080704ace25e86734e4dbbb0000254">I am not sure how Ms Chapman derived the figure of 6,000 cancellations but if she would like to provide me with the details I would be happy to look into it.</text>
        <text id="20080704ace25e86734e4dbbb0000255">Planning is underway to increase outpatient services provided at Noarlunga Health Service.</text>
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