Ambulance Ramping Taskforce

Mrs HURN (Schubert) (14:41): My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Does the government's ramping taskforce still exist and, if not, why not?

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:41): I am very happy to answer this question. What we established last year were essentially two bodies: one essentially is comprised of the chief executives and another, which I am chairing, is mainly comprised of clinicians, focusing on the ramping efforts right across the health system, engaging the clinicians, and an opportunity for me to meet directly with them and hear from all elements of the system.

The body that I am chairing continues. The other body was being chaired by an external person before we had a chief executive in place. Robyn Lawrence then took over the chair of that. Now she has brought it as part of her chief executive meetings, and it is obviously a critical element of her meetings with the chief executives. But the work that we are continuing, to meet with the clinicians, is ongoing and I am very happy to say how important I think it is that the health minister listens to clinicians right across the health system.