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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Transgender Health Care</name>
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          <heading>Transgender Health Care</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-03-18T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Transgender Health Care</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-03-19T00:00:00+10:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f" uid="dc2c2187f36348aa8140869a91521a80">the Hon. T.A. FRANKS </by>().28 November 2024).  </inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
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            <name>Transgender Health Care</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="db68aef6e0b64f02b103fef8314e5923">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>SA Health gender diversity health services are currently available at the Women's and Children's Hospital Gender Service and the adult Transgender Service at Modbury Hospital. These services include access to medical gender affirming care.</inserted>
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          <inserted>SA Health clinicians and staff are involved in both informal and formal networks that aim to support better access to health care, including gender health care. </inserted>
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          <inserted>The WCHN Gender Diversity Service will continue to provide services following the opening of the new Women's and Children's Hospital.</inserted>
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