Emergency Departments

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (15:19): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Health and Wellbeing regarding health.

Leave granted.

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: This morning on ABC radio, Dr Mark Morphett, chair of the SA Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, said in response to a question on how many times Adelaide hospitals have been placed on Code Yellow in the past six or 12 months:

In the past six to 12 months we've been in code yellow more than I've ever known. I hesitate to say weekly, but it must be getting close to that.

Dr Morphett went on to say that, prior to the beginning of last year:

It was unheard of and now it's relatively a regular occurrence.

My question to the minister is: how many times have our Adelaide hospital emergency departments been placed on Code Yellow over the past six months?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:20): Obviously, that is a detailed data question, and I will get the information for the honourable member on notice.

The PRESIDENT: It is very hard to get a supplementary out of that.

The Hon. E.S. Bourke interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! I will listen to the deputy leader and make a judgement.