House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement Health Budget HEALTH BUDGET The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health Minister for the Southern Suburbs Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (10:33): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement. Leave granted. The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.D. HILL: During estimates, I was asked about budget savings initiatives in the health portfolio. The total savings required as part of the 2008-09 budget was $81 million over three years (2009-10 to 2011-12). The total savings required as part of the 2009-10 budget was an additional $24.3 million in 2012-13. The total published savings targeted associated with these two budgets is $105.3 million. However, as part of the creation of the 2012-13 budget, the savings requirement under the 2008-09 budget (2009-10 to 2011-12) was continued into 2012-13, with the 2012-13 base saving requirement being identical to the 2011-12 amount of $48.6 million. The $24.3 million approved/published as part of the 2009-10 budget for 2012-13 represents the growth in this savings target. I would therefore like to clarify that the total cumulative savings target as part of the 2008-09 budget and the 2009-190 budget by 2012-13 is $153.9 million, not $105 million as I stated on the night. I hope that is clear to all members. I would also like to clarify the savings initiative target for SA Ambulance. The target associated with this savings initiative was incorrectly provided in an estimates briefing as $1.023 million when the actual 2009-10 savings requirement associated with this target was $400,000. The SA Ambulance Service strategic plan, Defining the Road Ahead 2008-2015, offers a range of strategies to ensure a wider range of services that is more appropriate to individual patient need. Providing the appropriate level of care when and where it is needed will lead to a more efficient service.