GLENSIDE HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT

In reply to Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (2 May 2012).

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. An outpatient service for drug and alcohol clients is planned to be located on the eastern edge of the new retail precinct, directly opposite the Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia inpatient unit.

Negotiations are currently being finalised with the developers of the retail precinct for a long-term lease of commercial office space being constructed as part of the new retail development.

Locating Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia outpatient services within the adjoining Precinct 4 development supports the need to integrate the health facilities directly into the public realm, assists in the attempts to demystify mental health and substance abuse services, and encourages a degree of public interest in, and engagement with, the process of recovery.

This strategy also provides operational efficiencies brought about by the co-location of Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia inpatient and outpatient services.