Modbury Hospital

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:35): Supplementary: did the minister, in his answers, tell the house that they would be using non-SAAS patient transfer services? Is he going to privatise the ambulance service between Modbury and Elizabeth?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:35): No, the member for Morphett does need to listen a bit more closely. What I said was that with the current service that operates in southern Adelaide—so in southern Adelaide—at the moment, patients are transferred between Noarlunga, Flinders and the Repat, and they do have a non-SAAS operated dedicated patient transfer. It doesn't necessarily mean that it is appropriate for every patient, but it happens already. It happens already; it happens in southern Adelaide.