House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Central Northern Adelaide Health Service CENTRAL NORTHERN ADELAIDE HEALTH SERVICE Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett CENTRAL NORTHERN ADELAIDE HEALTH SERVICE 45 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (1 June 2010). Which intensive care units will be closed and consolidated within those services managed through the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service to achieve the $12.5 million in savings identified in the 2007-08 Budget? The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for the Southern Suburbs Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts CENTRAL NORTHERN ADELAIDE HEALTH SERVICE 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: At the time of the preparation of the State Budget in 2007-08, the consolidation of intensive care services was identified as a savings initiative through South Australia's Health Care Plan 2007-2016. The Budget papers refer to savings of $1.7 million (part year) and then up to $3.5 million there after. The services identified at the time included those at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH) and the identified single Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed at Modbury Hospital, the latter of which was not actually funded as an ICU bed. However, in consultation with the clinicians at TQEH, it was resolved that the ICU would continue at TQEH until the opening of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital and expansion of the Lyell McEwin Hospital intensive care facilities are complete.