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 Ms BEDFORD House of Assembly Florey Hospital Beds 843 Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (4 June 2019). From 1973 until now, what is the comparative percentage at five-year intervals of private beds in our state's public hospitals, compared with public beds? 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 been advised: There are no private beds in South Australian metropolitan public hospitals. In terms of the proportion of private patients in public hospitals, the percentage of private health insurance funding for all public hospitals in South Australia is shown in the table below: Percent of Private Health Insurance Funding for all Public Hospitals 2003 2008 2013 2018 %Private health insurance 7.73% 8.03% 7.58% 10.82%