Health Review

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:19): My question is to the Minister for Health. How much has been paid to McKinsey & Company to date in respect of the Transforming Health consultation, and what is the projected spend?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:19): Likewise, I am happy to get back to the house with a report, but let's keep one thing in mind: health is a $5 billion a year business in South Australia. McKinsey are the leading experts from around the world in health reform. They have successfully carried out health reform projects to the United States and the United Kingdom, just to name a couple of examples.

They are the source of the best advice in the world about getting your patient flows, about integrating your health systems—all of these things which Transforming Health is attempting to do. So, the cost of McKinsey, given their stature around the world as the leading advisers when it comes to health systems, will be worth absolutely every dollar. Put against the fact that it is a $5 billion a year business, and it is important that South Australians have confidence that they are getting value for money for every dollar of that $5 billion, it will well and truly be money well spent.