Modbury Hospital

In reply to the Hon. C. BONAROS (12 May 2020).

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing): I have been advised:

1. The staffing of Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) at Modbury Hospital is through the hotel services contract currently with ISS. They are the only contracted CSSD technicians in South Australian public hospitals.

2. The management of Modbury Hospital was outsourced to Healthscope in 1995. Healthscope proceeded to outsource all hotel services within Modbury Hospital including CSSD to Spotless Services.

3. ISS has consulted with CSSD staff and reallocated them into alternate roles within their contracted hotel services in the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN). In addition, NALHN and ISS have agreed, on as as-needs basis, that the ISS CSSD staff can be included in the roster and activities of the Lyell McEwin Hospital CSSD during the period that the Modbury theatres are closed. There are no plans to employ the ISS CSSD staff as public sector employees.