House of Assembly: Thursday, August 02, 2018

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Outpatient Appointments

249 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (25 July 2018). What is the total number of patients who have had to wait 16 years for an outpatient appointment?

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

SA Health commenced quarterly public reporting of outpatient waiting times on 1 July 2018.

The first report as at 31 March 2018 identified a total of three outpatient referrals with a maximum waiting time of 16 years or greater.