House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Health Budget Health Budget Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett Health Budget Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:01): My question is to the Minister for Health. Was the Minister for Health correct when he said on 15 May that the impact on the state health budget as a result of federal health budget cuts was $269 million, or was the Treasurer correct when he said on 27 May that the impact would be $217 million? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly Playford Minister for Health Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for the Arts Minister for Health Industries Health Budget The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (15:01): It is $655 million over the next four years. I think the member for Morphett might be referring to the year 2017-18, and I would have to check and see the context of the quotes, but it is in the order of, I think in that particular year, well over $200 million in 2017-18. The government has made clear that it is the equivalent of closing every single bed at the Flinders Medical Centre—that cut in federal funding just in that single year.