FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE

95 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (1 June 2010) (First Session). How many patients have been referred to the specialist outpatient clinic waiting list and the emergency department waiting list at Flinders Medical Centre in the past 12 months, and how many patients are currently on the specialist outpatient clinic waiting list and the emergency department waiting list for each of the following outpatient services—Allergy (adult and paediatric), Dermatology, ENT, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics (shoulders and ankles) and Psychiatry?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts): I am advised:

1. 7,441 patients were referred in the specified 12-month period.

2. The Flinders Medical Centre Emergency Department does not have a booked waiting list, nor does the Emergency Department have outpatient clinics.

3. The number of patients on waiting lists at Flinders Medical Centre for the following outpatient clinics at that time were:

*Please note that Orthopaedics have relocated outpatients for foot and ankle to the Repatriation General Hospital as of February 2010. The data above relates to the Repatriation General Hospital data, not Flinders Medical Centre data.