SA Pathology

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:39): A further supplementary: will there be any pathology centres closed in regional South Australia?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:40): It's nice to be part of the house that works late. The honourable member rightly raises a point of service quality, and I thank her for that. It's a great relief that 25 minutes in we can get Labor focusing on real issues. One of the points made in the PricewaterhouseCoopers report is that we need to be mindful of access. Particularly in country South Australia, the pathology services are much stronger in the public sector than they are in the private. Of course, in reassessing our patient collection centre network, we will be looking at not just value for money. We will also be looking at issues such as quality and access.