Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Hospital Beds Hospital Beds The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Hospital Beds The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): Supplementary question: was the minister briefed or informed about the closure of the Hampstead subacute beds before the department closed them last year, and has the minister requested that they be reopened? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing Hospital Beds The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:26): In terms of what advice I received last year, of course I was advised of what are normal Christmas/New Year closures. The Labor Party did exactly the same thing. Just quietly, doctors and nurses like their holidays, too. January is not a peak month for elective surgery. In terms of whether I have given any directions about opening of beds: no, I haven't.