Lyell McEwin Hospital

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:57): Again to the Minister for Health: does the minister stand by his claim in this house on 7 June in relation to Lyell McEwin Hospital that, and I quote:

We have also seen a 30 per cent increase in the number of patients being admitted for emergency to a medical bed within the four-hour National Emergency Access Target…

when the latest quarter compared with the same quarter last year showed an 11 per cent increase in patients in EDs with a length of stay of less than four hours?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:58): I will check the context of that remark but, yes, of course I stand by everything I have said in this parliament; if I didn't, I would come and correct the record.