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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-05-31" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>SA Pathology</name>
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        <heading>SA Pathology</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4363" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2018-05-31">
            <name>SA Pathology</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-31T15:03:26" />
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          <by role="member" id="4363">The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:03):</by>  Supplementary arising from the answer: is there a workforce strategy to ensure into the future that staff aren't working ridiculously long hours, such as 80-hour weeks, because that isn't sustainable?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Health and Wellbeing</electorate>
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          <question date="2018-05-31">
            <name>SA Pathology</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-31T15:03:41" />
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:03):</by>  I totally agree with the honourable member that you can't have staff working extraordinary hours. It's not good for their health. It's also not good for their effectiveness as clinicians. Obviously, no matter whether you are in aviation or a truck driver or a medical scientist, you can't be performing at your best if you are experiencing fatigue. We are very keen to make sure that, as we do that planning for SA Pathology going forward, we can return safe working practices to SA Pathology.</text>
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