Health Review

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (16:51): So, for the 50 per cent of people—

The SPEAKER: Is this a supplementary?

Mr MARSHALL: A supplementary, sir. For the 50 per cent of people who arrive at the emergency department not in an ambulance, the patient themselves, or the person who is driving the patient, needs to determine the category of emergency and make a decision about where they are going to go. Do you envisage any confusion from this arrangement?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (16:51): No, of course not. Of course, people who bring themselves—

Mr Pisoni interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: —into an emergency department will be given the care they need. If the emergency department is not able to look after them, an ambulance will be called and that person will be transferred to an emergency department, as happens now.

The SPEAKER: A further supplementary?