Queen Elizabeth Hospital

The Hon. C. BONAROS (14:37): Supplementary: to confirm, when the minister says 'consultation', is that consultation with frontline clinicians at the existing QEH as well as the Women's and Children's Hospital?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:38): Obviously, the focus was on the Women's and Children's Hospital team. I think it is also useful for the council to remember that there has been an ebb and flow of services between the Women's and Children's Hospital and The QEH in particular. My recollection was that the Women's and Children's Hospital ceased doing abortion services and they were fully transferred to the pregnancy advisory service.

Likewise, the new Women's and Children's Hospital gives us the opportunity to transfer the Helen Mayo House mental health facility from the Glenside campus into the co-located facility. So we are taking the opportunity to have a more appropriate cluster of services for women and children.