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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-10-15" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Hospital Beds</name>
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        <heading>Hospital Beds</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-10-15">
            <name>Hospital Beds</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:40):</by>  If no beds are closing and the minister would prefer to use the word 'stand-by', can he please confirm to the chamber when the 60 beds will not be on stand-by, and what is the approval process for using the beds on stand-by?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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          <question date="2019-10-15">
            <name>Hospital Beds</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-10-15T14:40:22" />
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:40):</by>  The 60 beds will no longer be on stand-by when they are fully occupied; that is, when they are needed.</text>
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