NURSING AND MIDWIFERY PROGRAMS

64 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (1 June 2010). How many mothers are currently on the waiting list to utilise nursing and midwifery programs provided by South Australia's public hospitals?

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:

As at the end of June 2010, there are 162 women due to give birth between July and December 2010 on the waiting list for the Midwifery Group Practice.