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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-02-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="2021020428c390a8f59a43a1b0000595">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Women's and Children's Hospital</name>
      <text id="2021020428c390a8f59a43a1b0000596">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Women's and Children's Hospital</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5418" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2021-02-04">
            <name>Women's and Children's Hospital</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2021020428c390a8f59a43a1b0000597">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="5418">the Hon. C. BONAROS </by>(18 June 2020).  </inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2021-02-04">
            <name>Women's and Children's Hospital</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2021020428c390a8f59a43a1b0000598">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing):</by>  I can advise:</inserted>
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        <text id="2021020428c390a8f59a43a1b0000599">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Yes. There have been two business cases submitted to the Women's and Children's Hospital since the 2018 state election, and additional medical staff have been employed. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2021020428c390a8f59a43a1b0000600">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;The project currently has $607,000 allocated for dedicated clinical staff time to provide focused leadership during the planning phase. It is not standard practice to do this at this stage of the project.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2021020428c390a8f59a43a1b0000601">
          <inserted>The current project team is made up of 28.9 FTE of which 9.4 FTE are clinically qualified who will contribute to the clinical engagement process.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2021020428c390a8f59a43a1b0000602">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Along with Women's and Children's Health Network executive, I am committed to clinical engagement to inform both the new hospital project and the ongoing operation of the hospital.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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