Enterprise Patient Administration System

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:15): Can the minister provide an update to the house regarding the rollout of the EPAS project at the Repat?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:16): It has gone very well. I know—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Well, I'll tell you who I was speaking to: I was speaking to senior doctors at the Repat just the other day, and what they made quite clear to me is that their staff didn't want to go back to paper records. They were so happy with EPAS that they did not want to go back to paper records. Of course, the rollout of any IT system has teething problems. There have been problems, which we have already acknowledged, about outpatients' appointments at the Repat with regard to EPAS, but unequivocally staff there have said that they do not want to go back to the old paper records.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Before the leader asks another question, I call to order the member for Unley, and I warn the members for Morphett, Chaffey and Davenport and the Treasurer a first time. The leader.