House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Queen Elizabeth Hospital QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Waite QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL 103 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite) (17 July 2012). With respect to 2012-13 Budget Paper 4, vol. 3, p. 38— 1.	What is the total cost to the Health Budget in 2012-13 for the maintenance and operation of Queen Elizabeth Hospital including staffing, administrative and maintenance costs? 2.	How many beds are in operation at the hospital and across what functions? 3.	What is the total number of employees at Queen Elizabeth, including FTEs and actual persons? 4.	What is the total number of Emergency Department arrivals at the hospital at present and what is the forecast? 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 QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL 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.	The total budget for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2012-13 is $268.8 million, excluding corporate overhead budgets relating to the Central Adelaide Local Health Network. The annual maintenance costs for 2012-13 (excluding utilities such as electricity, gas and other fuels) are $5.675 million. 2.	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has a total of 304 beds (average available beds in 2011-12—preliminary), spread across the functions of medical, mental health and surgery. 3.	As at June 2012, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital had 2,383 employees (1971.6 FTE). 4.	There were a total of 41,943 emergency department presentations at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2011-12. The forecast for 2012-13 is 43,600 presentations, calculated by applying the annual growth rate over the past three years to the 2011-12 result. The accuracy of emergency department presentation forecasts is impacted by many variables, including the unpredictability of seasonal illnesses such as influenza.