Hospital Beds

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:39): My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Will the minister explain whether doctors will be able to make the decision to send a patient to one of the closed 60 beds at the RAH, The QEH, the Hampstead and St Margaret's if they are needed due to overcrowding in the health system and, if so, what will the approval process be, and on what date will the 60 beds reopen?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:40): No bed is closing. Normal clinical processes apply.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Bourke, a supplementary.