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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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Ministerial Statement

HEALTH BUDGET

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (10:33): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement.

Leave granted.

The Hon. J.D. HILL: During estimates, I was asked about budget savings initiatives in the health portfolio. The total savings required as part of the 2008-09 budget was $81 million over three years (2009-10 to 2011-12). The total savings required as part of the 2009-10 budget was an additional $24.3 million in 2012-13. The total published savings targeted associated with these two budgets is $105.3 million. However, as part of the creation of the 2012-13 budget, the savings requirement under the 2008-09 budget (2009-10 to 2011-12) was continued into 2012-13, with the 2012-13 base saving requirement being identical to the 2011-12 amount of $48.6 million.

The $24.3 million approved/published as part of the 2009-10 budget for 2012-13 represents the growth in this savings target. I would therefore like to clarify that the total cumulative savings target as part of the 2008-09 budget and the 2009-190 budget by 2012-13 is $153.9 million, not $105 million as I stated on the night. I hope that is clear to all members.

I would also like to clarify the savings initiative target for SA Ambulance. The target associated with this savings initiative was incorrectly provided in an estimates briefing as $1.023 million when the actual 2009-10 savings requirement associated with this target was $400,000. The SA Ambulance Service strategic plan, Defining the Road Ahead 2008-2015, offers a range of strategies to ensure a wider range of services that is more appropriate to individual patient need. Providing the appropriate level of care when and where it is needed will lead to a more efficient service.

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