Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Mental Health Mental Health The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Mental Health The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:30): Supplementary: can the minister advise whether any other beds have been repurposed or staff diverted elsewhere, and why hasn't he answered that part of the question? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing Mental Health The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:30): I certainly would not describe this as repurposing. My understanding is that it was part of a response to COVID, but I will certainly seek advice. It is true to say that there was significant disruption to both our hospital services and our ambulance services during January related to the COVID pandemic. In terms of the current state of the workforce, I will see if I can get some data on that. Yes, even today, as I understand it, there are 309 furloughed staff across SA Health and there were significantly more earlier on this year, particularly in January. As those furloughed staff return, both close contacts and COVID-positive people, it certainly is making it easier for our health managers, our health leaders, to deliver services.