Drug and Alcohol Services

627 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (24 August 2021). How many drug and alcohol rehabilitation beds are publicly run across the state and what is the total cost of all drug and alcohol rehabilitation beds?

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

Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia currently funds and operates 34 beds dedicated to alcohol and other drug rehabilitation incorporating:

24 beds at the Woolshed Residential Rehabilitation Service located at Ashbourne in the Adelaide Hills; and,

10 step-down beds at halfway houses located in Adelaide aligned to the Woolshed Service.

The actual cost of these publicly run beds in 2020-21 was $1.165 million.