Cardiology Services

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (15:00): Supplementary: when will those staff be returned to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (15:00): There is nothing I can add to my previous answer, and that simply is that we will work through these issues with our—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: We will work through these issues with our clinicians.

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: But I make it quite clear that there has never been any suggestion made to me by Professor Horowitz, in particular, that there is anything unsafe about the current service that's being provided. My decision, and the government's decision, has been based upon that advice and that the current service can continue operating as it's currently configured.

We will sit down and work through these issues with our clinicians, and if there's any suggestion that anything additional is required in order to make sure that it's safe, then obviously we will give that consideration. But, to date, nothing has been suggested to me to indicate that the current service as it's currently configured isn't.