Modbury Hospital

36 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (16 May 2018). Did SA Health provide any advice whatsoever indicating that a stand-alone High Dependency Unit (HDU) at Modbury Hospital could led to unsafe patient outcomes? If so, what was the nature of the advice?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): I have been advised:

The Minister for Health and Wellbeing can confirm that he received advice from SA Health indicating in the absence of establishing a new Intensive Care Unit at Modbury Hospital, appropriate levels of clinical safety may not be achieved with the establishment of a stand-alone high dependency unit.