House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies KordaMentha KordaMentha In reply to Mr PICTON House of Assembly Kaurna KordaMentha In reply to Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (26 November 2020). (Estimates Committee B) The Hon. S.G. WADE House of Assembly Minister for Health and Wellbeing The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing): I have been advised: The March/June bed plan identified the average number of inpatient beds that needed to be opened during that period to enable CALHN to deliver its commissioned activity. The actual numbers of active and stand-by beds are not static because wards are staffed to match inpatient demand, which varies across any given day. This year, two wings within CALHN have been converted to COVID-19 stand-by bed capacity, equating to 36 beds. This was made possible through reductions in discharge delays and reducing length of stay in line with benchmarking as part of CALHN's ongoing recovery program.