Health Review

Mr KNOLL (Schubert) (16:57): Supplementary: the minister has told us how rural people will be affected when they attend metropolitan hospitals, but my question was: can the minister outline what changes will happen to rural hospitals and rural health care?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (16:58): At the moment, that is not within the scope of Transforming Health. Having said that, if we apply the standards that are being developed by the clinicians to regional South Australia, of course it is going to have to mean some reconfiguration of hospitals in regional South Australia. But, at the moment, that is not in the scope of Transforming Health. We have decided to concentrate on metropolitan hospitals for the reasons I said before.