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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-07-03" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Lyell McEwin Hospital</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Lyell McEwin Hospital</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. HUNTER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2018-07-03">
            <name>Lyell McEwin Hospital</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201807036e5bf19d1ee64cd190000747">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="3122">the Hon. I.K. HUNTER </by>(5 June 2018).  </inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2018-07-03">
            <name>Lyell McEwin Hospital</name>
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        <text id="201807036e5bf19d1ee64cd190000748">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="201807036e5bf19d1ee64cd190000749">
          <inserted>The following additional consultants, medical officers and nurses are currently in the process of being recruited to support the expansion of the Lyell McEwin Hospital emergency department:</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>4.57 FTE ED Consultants</inserted>
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        <text id="201807036e5bf19d1ee64cd190000751">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>8.15 FTE ED Medical Officers</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="201807036e5bf19d1ee64cd190000752">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>9.45 FTE Nurses</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201807036e5bf19d1ee64cd190000753">
          <inserted>An additional 9.33 administration staff are also being recruited to release time of clinical staff to care and to support patient care in the clinical area.</inserted>
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      </talker>
    </subject>
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