FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:02): My question is again to the Minister for Health. Why is there significant ramping still occurring at Flinders Medical Centre given that there was an investigation done into the workings of the ED?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:03): The simple answer is because over a half-hour period yesterday afternoon between 4.00 and 4.30 there was a presentation of 12 ambulances. That is a very large number of ambulances in a very short period of time. As I said, four of those patients were critical and all four critical patients were seen immediately. I have as my first priority that patient care is not compromised, and my very strong advice from my department is that at no stage yesterday afternoon was patient care compromised. With regard to the Monaghan report, the government has accepted all the recommendations of the Monaghan report and those recommendations have either been implemented or are in the process of being implemented.