House of Assembly: Wednesday, June 21, 2017

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Older Persons Mental Health Service

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:34): Is the minister aware that, as of today, the SA Health inpatient dashboard shows that there are four patients at the Lyell McEwin Hospital and four patients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital who have been in mental health beds for over 100 days?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:34): What the Leader of the Opposition doesn't make clear is what sort of mental health patients they are and the variety of the conditions they may be facing.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS: No, I am not, and I have made a longstanding tradition of not revealing individual consumers, clinical notice and information across this space, nor would I—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS: When there are cohorts of only four people that we are discussing—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS: —I will not draw information to that level. What I will do is undertake to—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The leader is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS: —make some inquiries in those sections.