ELECTIVE SURGERY

150 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (27 July 2010).

1. How much Commonwealth Government funding did the South Australian Government receive in 2007-08 and 2008-09 from the additional elective surgery funding announced in January 2008?

2. How many additional elective surgery procedures were performed as a result of this additional funding in 2007-08 and 2008-09?

3. What were the diagnostic related grouping classifications of the additional elective surgery procedures performed in 2007-08 and 2008-09 as a consequence of this Commonwealth Government funding?

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:

1. South Australia received $13.6 million as part of the Commonwealth Stage One Elective Surgery Waiting List Reduction Plan to undertake an additional 2 262 procedures during 2008 compared to 2007. South Australia also received $3.1 million in 2008-09 as part of an $8.1 million allocation for the Commonwealth Stage Two Elective Surgery Waiting List Reduction Plan. The remaining $5 million has been allocated for 2009-10.

2. South Australia undertook an additional 3 196 procedures between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008 as part of Stage One.

3. SA Health monitored total State and Commonwealth funded Elective Surgery activity undertaken at hospitals. As waiting list demands are dynamic in nature, monitoring of 'state funded' and 'commonwealth funded' procedures was not undertaken individually. Therefore, the table below of diagnostic related grouping classifications (DRGs) of additional elective surgery undertaken during Stage One can be assigned to both State and Commonwealth additional procedures undertaken during 2007-08 and 2008-09.