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. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Hospital Beds The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:42): One supplementary, Mr President. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I'll allow you a supplementary. The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Thank you, Mr President. Does the minister have any idea whatsoever about what the procedure is for those closed stand-by beds to be used again? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The minister. The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: Any idea? Even a clue? No. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:42): The honourable member— The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: Just take it on notice. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: No, no, I'm not going to take it on notice, because this is so silly; I'd like to have a go. It's so silly, because hospital beds go on stand-by on the weekend. Hospital beds go on stand-by during leave periods. This is standard operational practice. What the Central Adelaide Local Health Network is planning to do is to make that 60 beds surge capacity, to develop that as we lead out of the winter period, as we are expecting activity to decrease in October, November and into the Christmas-New Year period so that as we go into next year the hospital will be much more able to deal with surge in capacity.