Port Pirie, Emergency Services

319 The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome) (14 October 2020). What is the cost of contracting general practitioners to provide accident and emergency services at the Port Pirie Hospital for 2019-20 and 2018-19, and what is the projected cost for 2020-21?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:

In 2018-19 the cost of contracting general practitioners to provide accident and emergency services at the Port Pirie Hospital was $1.1 million.

In 2019-20 the cost of contracting general practitioners to provide accident and emergency services at the Port Pirie Hospital was nil, as a locum model was used.

The projected cost for general practitioners to provide accident and emergency services at the Port Pirie Hospital in 2020-21 is nil, as a locum model is being used.