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44 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (16 May 2018). How many additional hospital beds will be opened as part of the winter demand management for 2018, and at which hospitals?

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

The Department for Health and Wellbeing does not commission or fund beds. Acute activity is funded based on separations and a target length of stay. Hospitals have the ability to increase the bed base to cater for increased demand.