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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2007-11-13" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Sentinel Events</name>
      <text id="200711139577bc641ef646c3a0000476">
        <heading>SENTINEL EVENTS</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="question">
        <name>Ms CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2007-07-31" qonNum="201">
            <name>SENTINEL EVENTS</name>
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        <text id="200711139577bc641ef646c3a0000477">201 <by role="member" id="1804">Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (31 July 2007).  How many of the 42 sentinel events which occurred in South Australian public hospitals from 2004 to 2006 have still not been analysed to identify why they occurred?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="535" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.D. HILL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Health</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Southern Suburbs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2007-07-31" qonNum="201">
            <name>SENTINEL EVENTS</name>
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        <text id="200711139577bc641ef646c3a0000478">
          <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="200711139577bc641ef646c3a0000479">There were 40 sentinel events reported by the public health services in South Australia for the 2004-06 period, consisting of 20 notifications in each year.</text>
        <text id="200711139577bc641ef646c3a0000480">All have now been reviewed.</text>
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