ENTERPRISE PATIENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:57): A supplementary to that one, sir: Minister, is it correct that each month's delay costs more than $3 million?

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) (14:57): I would need to check that. Certainly, if we have to maintain legacy systems longer than we originally anticipated, yes, there would be costs associated with that; however, we can reprofile the rollout of individual sites without necessarily delaying the switch-off of those legacy systems. So, it really depends on a number of factors.

What I am not going to do is be rushed into rolling out EPAS to different sites unless I am confident that that is going to be done successfully. I am certainly not going to put patients at risk through an unseemly rush to roll this out. We will make sure that we do it properly.

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: We will make sure that we do it properly; that is why we are undertaking this gateway review of the Noarlunga rollout. Obviously, when we roll out EPAS to larger sites, like the Flinders Medical Centre and the Lyell McEwin Hospital, the complexities of rolling out to those larger sites particularly is exponentially greater than a relatively small site like Noarlunga; it is important that we get it right.

The SPEAKER: Was the member for Goyder interjecting?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Well, I call him to order. The leader.