Local Health Networks

376 The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK ().27 August 2024). Can the Minister for Health and Wellbeing advise:

1. What is the current level of vacancies within SA Health broken down by local health network?

2. How many private hospital beds have been used by SA Health in the treatment of public patients over the last 12 months including mental health patients?

3. Which private hospitals do SA Health currently have contracts with for the purpose of utilising their beds for public patients?

4. What is the average wait time across emergency departments across all local health networks?

5. Can you detail how many of those 38,803 SA Health workers were salaried medical offices, how many were nurses, how many were midwives, how many were paramedics, how many were allied health professionals, how many were domestic and other personal care staff, and how many administrative and clerical staff? Can you also provide that same breakdown for 2022-23?

6. Can you detail the number of beds by each local health network and by each medical facility within each local network as at 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2023?

7. How many people died whilst waiting for an ambulance, whilst in an ambulance on route to an emergency department on whilst waiting on the ramp of an emergency department in 2023-24?

8. What caused revenue from fees, fines and penalties jump by 80 per cent in the last 12 months? Can a break down by fee/fine/penalty type be provided?

9. How are hours captured when patients are offloaded from an ambulance into an offload bay at the Lyell McEwin Hospital? Are they captured as hours on the ramp?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

1. Local health networks are responsible for setting and monitoring the full-time equivalent (FTE) requirements for their respective network.

This includes the careful monitoring of vacancies and ensuring that these positions are filled in a timely manner.

2. Local health networks have engaged with the private sector utilising the patient services panel (PSP) since July 2019, the commencement and length of any bed agreement varies depending on the service type and requirements of the LHN enacting the agreement.

On average over 100 private hospital beds each day were used across the public hospital system over the last 12 months.

3. SA Health has contracts which allow bed purchase arrangements with the following private hospitals through the patient services panel:

Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance Incorporated (ACHA) + Healthscope

Burnside War Memorial Hospital Incorporated

Calvary Health Care Adelaide Limited

North Eastern Community Hospital

St Andrews Hospital

4. ED wait times are available publicly on the emergency department dashboard on the SA Health website.

5. The figure referenced is derived from Treasury and Finance budget data and is not available at health professions level.

6. The number of beds is available publicly on the inpatient dashboard on the SA Health website.

7. The requested information is not captured within existing systems.

8. The revenue from fees, fines and penalties is primarily related to car parking expiation notices associated with SA Health operated car parks.

9. Hours lost due to delayed transfer of care are measured from the ambulance's arrival at the hospital to the point when the patient's care is no longer the responsibility of SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) (beyond the first 30 minutes).

To that point, once a patient is transferred from the care of SAAS to that of the respective health network, transfer of care has occurred.'