House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time KordaMentha Report KordaMentha Report Mr PICTON House of Assembly Kaurna KordaMentha Report Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:41): My question is to the Premier. Why is the government cutting inpatient activity to the equivalent of 4,500 hip operations or 3,500 coronary bypasses each year? With your leave, and that of the house, I will explain. Leave granted. The Hon. S.K. Knoll interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: And you have given leave. The Minister for Transport is called to order. Mr PICTON House of Assembly Mr PICTON: Page 34 of corporate liquidator KordaMentha's second report recommends cutting 18,000 national weighted activity units over commission levels. For instance, four national weighted activity units equal one hip operation, and five equal a coronary bypass. Therefore, the report is recommending the equivalent cut of 4,500 hip operations or 3,500 coronary bypasses each year. Mr Duluk interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Waite is warned. The Premier has the call. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Premier The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:42): Again, it is almost incredible. We certainly won't be accepting the mathematics put forward by the perpetrators. Look up the word 'syllogism'. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: We just heard a great example of it in the parliament. The reality is that what people operating in this system know—because they benchmark performance of the Central Adelaide Local Health Network against every other local health network in the country—is that there are activities that are beyond what is required in the system. We would rather reduce those activities, those suboptimal activities, so that we can free up capacity to deliver against what is required by the people of South Australia. Mr Malinauskas interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The leader is called to order. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Oh, whinge, whinge, whinge. What a sorry lot they are. Mr Brown interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Playford is warned. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: We have a report to fix up their mess. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I don't know what they would like. They say, 'Yes, we might be over budget by $300 million; yes, we might not have told the people the truth— Mr Malinauskas interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Leader! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —about what was happening in the Central Adelaide Local Health Network before the election, but please don't fix it.' I am sorry, but— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —we won't be agreeing to that. We will be fixing it. We have the best people in the business to go about it. We have a new board, we have a new chairperson, we have a new chief executive, and we are giving them the financial support they need to have a sustainable and responsible Central Adelaide Local Health Network. What we are doing is putting the patients, the people of South Australia, first. It is a pity those opposite wouldn't consider that option. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Hurtle Vale is on two warnings and continues to interject. If she keeps going, she will be leaving today. The member for Kaurna, then the member for Kavel.