House of Assembly: Wednesday, December 02, 2015

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Port Lincoln Hospital

In reply to Mr TRELOAR (Flinders) (23 September 2015).

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries): There is no intention of doctors not being available for the Emergency Department at Port Lincoln Hospital.

While the roster is primarily covered by general practitioners on-call, some shifts are also covered by locums when required.

Country Health SA Local Health Network is talking to local general practitioners about their capacity to cover the shifts currently covered by locums.

Country Health SA Local Health Network is not aware of any immediate threats to the service.