Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr DULUK (Davenport) (15:14): Could the minister just confirm that not every single family has yet been personally contacted by the minister's department to confirm on what date their loved one will be relocated from Makk and McLeay?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:14): As I have said several times over the last couple of weeks, the clinicians, led by Dr McKellar, are negotiating and talking to family members about the appropriate strategies to find the right clinical environment for their loved one or next of kin. That is a fluid conversation that is moving around as we speak.

We need to have private aged-care beds become available, and we have heard this week that one resident is transitioning to the private aged-care sector. Some of these families would actually like to have their loved one located closer to them so they could visit them more frequently and support them at this vulnerable time in their life.

However, SA Health continues to talk to families, as does the clinical team, on a regular basis. I believe there is another family meeting scheduled for next week, and we will continue to hold family meetings with people who have a loved one on that site. With complainants, as I have said, I am having monthly family meetings for anyone who would like to come to see me who has a complaint about that site.