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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Health, Media and Communication Roles</name>
      <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000754">
        <heading>HEALTH, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION ROLES</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
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          <question date="2010-07-27" qonNum="128">
            <name>HEALTH, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION ROLES</name>
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        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000755">128 <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett)</by> (27 July 2010).</text>
        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000756">1.&amp;#x9;How many people are employed in media and communication roles in each of the following entities—</text>
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          <item sublevel="2">(a)&amp;#x9;Department of Health;</item>
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        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000758">
          <item sublevel="2">(b)&amp;#x9;Central Northern Adelaide Health Service;</item>
        </text>
        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000759">
          <item sublevel="2">(c)&amp;#x9;Southern Adelaide Health Service;</item>
        </text>
        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000760">
          <item sublevel="2">(d)&amp;#x9;Children's, Youth and Women's Health Service;</item>
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        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000761">
          <item sublevel="2">(e)&amp;#x9;Country Health SA;</item>
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        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000762">
          <item sublevel="2">(f)&amp;#x9;Royal Adelaide Hospital;</item>
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        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000763">
          <item sublevel="2">(g)&amp;#x9;Queen Elizabeth Hospital;</item>
        </text>
        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000764">
          <item sublevel="2">(h)&amp;#x9;Lyell McEwin Hospital;</item>
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        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000765">
          <item sublevel="2">(i)&amp;#x9;Flinders Medical Centre; and</item>
        </text>
        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000766">
          <item sublevel="2">(j)&amp;#x9;Office of the Chief Executive?</item>
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        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000767">2.&amp;#x9;What was the budget allocation for the SA Health Media and Communications Unit in 2008-09?</text>
        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000768">3.&amp;#x9;Was this amount exceeded and, if so, what was the total amount spent?</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 Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Southern Suburbs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
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          <question date="2010-07-27" qonNum="128">
            <name>HEALTH, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION ROLES</name>
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        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000769">
          <by role="member" id="535">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):</by>  I am advised:</text>
        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000770">1., 2. &amp; 3.&amp;#x9;In 2008-09 there were 43.8 FTE positions across SA Health in media and communications roles. This is inclusive of SA Ambulance Service, the Department of Health, Country Health SA, Southern Adelaide Health Service, Central Northern Adelaide Health Service, and the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service.</text>
        <text id="20110607c1ae5e5ac58f452290000771">SA Health does not have a single Media and Communications Unit.</text>
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