House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Modbury Hospital Oncology Service MODBURY HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY SERVICE Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg Deputy Leader of the Opposition MODBURY HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY SERVICE Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:51): My question is again to the Minister for Health. Will the Oncology Department at the Modbury Hospital be closing at the end of this year? The opposition has been informed by a patient who has been treated at the hospital for 12 years that the Oncology Department will close at the end of the year and that the doctor who has been seeing them will retire. The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health Minister for the Southern Suburbs Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts MODBURY HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY SERVICE The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (15:51): The deputy leader is correct, the doctor is retiring, and the health system is working through the options for continuing the service. I am advised that the service will continue under a new arrangement.