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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-11-17T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <endPage num="1639" />
  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T09:40:41+09:30" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="2022111746375fa768b8496fa0000675">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Puberty Blocker Access</name>
      <text id="2022111746375fa768b8496fa0000676">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Puberty Blocker Access</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3126" referenceid="5c423631416444aeb0c7e273b130ee55" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2022-11-17T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="109">
            <name>Puberty Blocker Access</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2022111746375fa768b8496fa0000677">
          <inserted>109 <by role="member" id="3126" referenceid="5c423631416444aeb0c7e273b130ee55">The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD </by>().7 September 2022).  Can the Minister for Health and Wellbeing advise:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022111746375fa768b8496fa0000678">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;How many children have accessed puberty blockers in South Australia? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022111746375fa768b8496fa0000679">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;If children have accessed puberty blockers in South Australia, what were their ages? </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2022-11-17T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="109">
            <name>Puberty Blocker Access</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2022111746375fa768b8496fa0000680">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022111746375fa768b8496fa0000681">
          <inserted>As of 13 September 2022, the Women's and Children's Hospital Gender Diversity Service currently prescribes puberty blockers to 68 youth ranging between the ages of 10 and 17.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022111746375fa768b8496fa0000682">
          <inserted>All youth accessing the gender diversity service need to have a formal assessment by a psychiatrist prior to treatment commencement and are reviewed every three to six months while receiving ongoing mental health support.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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