Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Motions Community Hospitals Community Hospitals Order of the Day, Private Business, No. 11: Hon. R.A. Simms to move: That this council— 1.	Notes that not-for-profit, community-owned hospitals such as Burnside Hospital, Glenelg Community Hospital, North-Eastern Community Hospital, and the Stirling Community Hospital, play a pivotal role in providing health care for local communities. 2.	Recognises that these hospitals partner with local health networks to deliver critical services, playing an important role in reducing the patient load burden on public hospitals. 3.	Notes that the new national standards introduced by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare on December 14, 2023, in particular standard AS4187: (a)	imposes tighter minimum requirements for health service organisations’ compliance with reprocessing of reusable medical devices in health service organisations; and (b)	will necessitate major multimillion-dollar infrastructure upgrades at some health service organisations to remain compliant. 4.	Calls on the Malinauskas government to make available no-interest loans to community hospitals to allow them to undertake the necessary infrastructure upgrades to remain operational. The Hon. R.A. SIMMS Legislative Council The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (16:39): I move: That this order of the day be discharged. Motion carried; order of the day discharged.