Question Time

Emergency Departments

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Will the adoption of the quick look triage model improve waiting times for mental health patients who can currently spend days waiting in emergency departments?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:30): Given that it is just a model which is under consideration and consultation, it's difficult for me to answer specific questions about what the expectations of it will be, but I certainly would expect that the quick look model, or any other model, will probably not come into it because mental health patients will simply go straight to the direct entry facility at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. They will not have to be triaged through the emergency department at all.