Modbury Hospital

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:52): Supplementary question: considering that the minister asserts that it is all about policy and not politics, could he advise us what clinical areas he visited in his visit to Modbury?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:52): I got a very quick tour of the Modbury Hospital. It was unfortunate that I wasn't able to spend more time out there. I am looking forward to spending a lot more time at public hospitals throughout the system.

The Hon. S.G. Wade: In one door and out the other.

The PRESIDENT: Order! Allow the minister to give his answer.

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS: If Mr Wade wants to get around some public hospitals with me and engage in the process that I will be doing, which is talking to a range of people over coming weeks, he is more than welcome to give me a bell and I will try to accommodate him as well. I did get the opportunity to look around at some of the facilities at Modbury. I got around with the department heads and had a look at a number of facilities. I mentioned already the rehab facility. We got a tour through components of the Modbury Hospital. We were there for some time.

I have already been to a number of facilities throughout the state. I think it is on the public record that I have already popped into the NRAH, although I look forward to having a more formal tour of the NRAH at some point. I have had a good look around at Flinders. I was there on Sunday for the launch of a fantastic new facility and I took the opportunity to have a good look around after that event when the media and everyone else had left. I didn't see any representatives from the Liberal Party there either.

I look forward to working with the clinical areas that operate within the Modbury Hospital. I mentioned that I am very keen to hear directly from clinicians who work in that facility and who work in NALHN directly, and also others, to make sure that any changes that may be made as a result of this review, there may be none, there may be some, but any changes that are made will be done on the back of working collaboratively with the community, hearing their feedback and making sure that patient safety and quality health outcomes are at the centre of any changes that we make.