House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Enterprise Patient Administration System Enterprise Patient Administration System Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Leader of the Opposition Enterprise Patient Administration System Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:19): My question is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister provide the house with an update on the rollout of EPAS across Country Health in South Australia? How much is this project going to cost? What is the time frame, and has the minister received any advice as to the cost of this project? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly Playford Minister for Health Minister for the Arts Minister for Health Industries Enterprise Patient Administration System The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:20): The only hospital in scope with EPAS is Port Augusta Hospital and that was rolled out, from memory, a couple of years ago. I think it would be fair to say that, because of the unique circumstances of the Port Augusta Hospital, there were issues, particularly with the local GPs who do work at the Port Augusta Hospital and the issues that they have had that were specific to that hospital because of the model that we have with GPs providing fee for service. No, we haven't costed—at least I don't have handy a costing of how much it would be to roll EPAS out to country. They are not currently in scope, but certainly it will be our intention that, subject of course to the budget, once we have successfully rolled EPAS out to metropolitan hospitals then we would roll it out to our country hospitals as well. Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Mr MARSHALL: Point of order, sir: I ask you to direct the minister to answer the substance of the question. My question was very specific about whether the minister has received any advice as to the cost of the rollout of EPAS across— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I think the leader has made his point. Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Mr MARSHALL: Thank you very much. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Does the minister wish to add anything? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: No, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Light. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Treasurer is warned— Mr Marshall House of Assembly Mr Marshall: For the third time. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: —for the second and final time. Don't get ahead of yourself. Member for Light.