House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Public Hospitals PUBLIC HOSPITALS Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett PUBLIC HOSPITALS 92 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (1 June 2010) (First Session). Is every South Australian public hospital fully compliant with the latest Australian Health Care Agreement and if not, which hospitals and in what areas are they noncompliant, and what action has been put in place to ensure they become compliant? The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health and Ageing Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for the Arts PUBLIC HOSPITALS 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.	There is an SA Health directive which places a mandatory requirement on all South Australian public hospitals to comply with the National Healthcare Agreement. The latest Australian Health Care Agreement is the National Healthcare Agreement, which forms part of the new Federal Financial Relations Agreement, approved by COAG in December 2008. Under the new National Healthcare Agreement, which came into force on 1 July 2009, South Australia has agreed to a range of long-term objectives. These long term objectives are linked to specific performance benchmarks. The first baseline performance report of the COAG Reform Council was provided on 30 April 2010 and is available on the COAG website. Future year reports will measure performance against this initial baseline.