Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Elective Surgery Elective Surgery The Hon. F. PANGALLO Legislative Council Elective Surgery The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:24): Supplementary: how can the minister explain that as of September the SA Health website listed the following for elective surgery waiting times: category 1 procedures that are clinically indicated within 30 days; category 2 procedures within 90 days; and category 3 procedures within 365 days. Today, the CEO of SA Health— The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The member has to ask his question. The Hon. F. PANGALLO Legislative Council The Hon. F. PANGALLO: My question is: why are South Australians being forced to wait eight years or more, contrary to the information on his department's website? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I will allow the minister to answer. I think we are getting a bit far away from the original, but the minister can answer. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:25): Even more so, I think we have jumped categories. The Hon. Connie Bonaros's question, as I understood it, was in relation to outpatient waiting times, and the Hon. Frank Pangallo is now asking about elective surgery waiting times. In relation to elective surgery, I am pleased to inform the house that since the COVID-19 peak in May there has been a more than 40 per cent reduction in the overdue waits for elective surgery.