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 30 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (1 June 2010). Has the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service achieved the $3 million in savings (as outlined in the 2007-08 Budget) for the consolidation of after-hours hospital services and emergency surgical services and if so, how was this achieved? 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: 1.	The Central Northern Adelaide Health Service, now part of the Adelaide Health Service, was required to meet savings as part of the 2007-08 Budget of $4.133 million over the four years 2007-08 to 2010-11 relating to the consolidation of after-hours emergency surgical services. The savings target to 2009-10 is $3.066 million with $1.067 million required in 2010-11. This savings target has been achieved recurrently by the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service. The majority of this savings target has been achieved through the maintenance of after-hours Operating Room rosters, changes to on-call staffing instead of 24 hour staffing and further reviews of rostering arrangements. These management strategies have not been directed at reducing frontline health care services.