Ambulance Ramping

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:23): Further supplementary arising from the original answer in relation to the death of a patient at Flinders Medical Centre in an ambulance: with the Premier's comment that the death should never have occurred, can the minister assure South Australians, and given that SA Health will act on it before the Coroner, that it actually will never happen again?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:23): The Premier has made clear time and time again, and I also have made clear time and time again, that this government does not regard ambulance ramping as acceptable. The former government loved to use weasel words like 'external triage' to try to, if you like, understate the issue of ambulance ramping. We haven't done that. We have consistently named it and we are committed to eliminating it. That is a commitment that I have and it's a commitment that the Premier, the leader of my government, shares.