Royal Adelaide Hospital

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): Supplementary arising from the original answer: as the original question stated, it has come to light that the same operating theatres were being used by other surgeons. Was the minister aware of this when, late last week, the chief executive gave him a briefing?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:24): The fact of the matter is that the clinicians involved in the surgery have identified not an issue with particular theatres but an issue with a particular procedure. They have, as clinical governors, as the people who know the intricacies of orthopaedic surgery, decided the steps that have been taken. I have no doubt that the orthopaedic clinicians, who are monitoring their own surgical outcomes, have advised other surgeons. The fact of the matter is that the issues are with the surgical class, not particular theatres.