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. E.S. BOURKE Legislative Council Hospital Beds The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:41): Thank you, Mr President. Can the minister please guarantee to the chamber that he will not rule out—that he will rule out— The Hon. R.I. Lucas Legislative Council The Hon. R.I. Lucas: Which one is it? The Hon. E.S. BOURKE Legislative Council The Hon. E.S. BOURKE: That he will rule out, rule out, that he will rule it out— The Hon. T.J. Stephens Legislative Council The Hon. T.J. Stephens: When you know what you want, come back to us. The Hon. E.S. BOURKE Legislative Council The Hon. E.S. BOURKE: Thank you, honourable member—rule out closing any further or putting any further beds on stand-by? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:41): I'm going to continue to back my board, back my managers, to let them make the right decisions that they need to make to make sure their health facilities operate. I can assure you that I have a lot more confidence in Lesley Dwyer and her team, consistent with the views of academics, industrial leaders and health ministers past and present that our hospitals need surge capacity. They are making a very sensible decision to make sure that the hospitals have that capacity. I'm backing them.