Women's and Children's Hospital

The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:16): Supplementary: is the minister aware of the practice of downgrading those sorts of reports by nurses once they are made by doctors?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:16): What I am aware of is that the SLSs are reviewed. That is standard practice and it may well be that the review might lead to a reclassification. I am certainly aware that the SLS system is treated very seriously. All clinical incidents are reviewed by senior clinicians and any change to the rating of an incident that is made by a senior clinician would normally be done in consultation with the safety and quality unit.