House of Assembly: Tuesday, November 30, 2021

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Chemotherapy

827 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14 October 2021). How many chemotherapy treatment spaces are there in the public health system, broken down by each individual site, and how many occasions of service were delivered at each site last financial year?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

During the 2020-21 financial year, a total of 47,997 occasions of service were delivered where the primary reason for attendance was to administer chemotherapy, through 143 chemotherapy treatment spaces across the seven metropolitan public hospitals and ten large regional public hospitals.

Hospital Number of Chemotherapy Treatment Spaces Occasions of Service Delivered in 2020-21
Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Royal Adelaide Hospital 34 15,930
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 13 4,284
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Lyell McEwin Hospital 12 8,889
Modbury Hospital 0
Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Flinders Medical Centre 19 10,034
Noarlunga Health Service 0
Women’s and Children’s Health Network
Women’s and Children’s Hospital 18 1,664
Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
Gawler Health Service 4 111
Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital 3 176
Southern Fleurieu Health Service 5 778
Eyre and Far North Local Health Network
Port Lincoln Hospital and Health Service 4 403
Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network
Port Augusta Hospital 6 309
Whyalla Hospital 6 1,854
Limestone Coast Local Health Network
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 6 1,921
Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network
Murray Bridge Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital 4 212
Riverland General Hospital 4 550
Yorke and Northern Local Health Network
Port Pirie Regional Health Service 5 882


A further 277 occasions of service were delivered in 2020-21 where the primary reason for attendance was to administer chemotherapy, across eight smaller regional public hospitals.