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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Outpatient Appointments</name>
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          <heading>Outpatient Appointments</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4841" kind="question">
        <name>Mr PICTON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
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          <question date="2018-02-13" qonNum="580">
            <name>Outpatient Appointments</name>
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          <inserted>580 <by role="member" id="4841">Mr PICTON (Kaurna)</by> (13 February 2018).  Have there been any instances of CALHN outpatients receiving letters indicating they had not attended appointments, when in fact they had? If so, how many such instances is the Minister aware of?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4342" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Stuart</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
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          <question date="2018-02-13" qonNum="580">
            <name>Outpatient Appointments</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4342">The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The Central Adelaide Local Health Network has not identified any documented instances where patients have attended appointments and then been sent a letter indicating otherwise.</inserted>
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