Royal Adelaide Hospital Outpatient Medical Imaging

The Hon. S.G. WADE (15:03): Supplementary: how can the minister say in his ministerial statement that a submission was received from radiologists who currently work at the RAH which set out a model for keeping the service in-house and suggest that that is commercial-in-confidence? I ask again: what is the additional cost of this proposal? He is accountable to this house for taxpayers' money.

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:04): I haven't stated that there is an additional cost associated with this. What I have said is that, by undertaking a process of this nature, we are able to deliver a better outcome, a more cost-efficient outcome, for the South Australian taxpayer than would otherwise be the case. That's my advice. It is a good outcome. I was very happy to be able to speak to a senior clinician who works within radiology at the NRAH this morning. I think they are satisfied with the outcome as well and we think South Australian patients will be for many decades to come.