Flinders Medical Centre

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (14:55): My questions are to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing:

1. Has the minister undertaken any independent investigation, or sought any legal advice, regarding the norovirus outbreak at the Flinders Medical Centre and the breach of infection control guidelines?

2. What legal or financial risk has the government been exposed to by not following correct infection control protocols at the Flinders Medical Centre?

3. Have nurses at the Flinders Medical Centre been instructed not to speak publicly about the risk of the norovirus outbreak?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:55): I am not aware of any legal risk. I will seek advice in relation to the last question. This government does not believe in silencing health workers, and certainly not in the context of infection issues.

The PRESIDENT: A supplementary, the Hon. Mr Wortley?