House of Assembly: Tuesday, June 07, 2011

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PATIENT SAFETY REPORTS

136 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (27 July 2010). How many avoidable deaths and adverse events were there in each South Australian public hospital for each year since 2002?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts): I am advised:

The South Australian Patient Safety Reports for 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-08, 2008-09 are available on the internet at:

http://www.safetyandquality.sa.gov.au/Default.aspx?tabid=63.

The 2003-04 Report is the earliest published report cataloguing adverse and sentinel events in the South Australian public health system.