House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Hospital Beds Hospital Beds Mr PICTON House of Assembly Kaurna Hospital Beds 621 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (13 February 2018). Given that there is no historical information available on the SA Health Dashboard website, what was the average number of available overnight beds in Adelaide metro public hospitals during: (a)	April 2018? (b)	May 2018? (c)	June 2018? (d)	July 2018? (e)	August 2018? (f)	September 2018? (g)	October 2018? (h)	November 2018? The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly Stuart Minister for Energy and Mining Hospital Beds The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised: Overnight inpatient bed numbers for demand management, as used for the SA Health Dashboard, fluctuate by seasonal change, system redesign and service reconfiguration. The most reliable method for understanding bed utilisation is to examine the number of beds occupied by a patient at a census time point. This is referred to as a midnight census of occupied beds. Average Midnight Census Point Overnight Occupied Beds, Adelaide Metro Public Hospitals Apr-18 2471 May-18 2513 Jun-18 2563 Jul-18 2568 Aug-18 2582 Sep-18 2579 Oct-18 2547 Nov-18 2541 Dec-18 2458