Answers to Questions

LYELL McEWIN HOSPITAL UROLOGIST

2 Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (16 September 2008).

1. Why has an overseas trained urologist been employed at the Lyell McEwin Hospital without being vetted by the Board of Neurology or the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons?

2. Why was this position not advertised or made available to new graduates and what action was taken to secure the services of this person?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts): I have been advised:

1. and 2. This appointee is a suitably qualified and highly credentialled medical officer.

The appointee has limited registration with the Medical Board of South Australia. His registration requires him to practise under the supervision of the director of surgery at LMH. This has occurred.

The appointee is not appointed as, nor does he practise autonomously as, a specialist and therefore does not require review by the Royal College of Surgeons.