HANSARD
SITTING CALENDAR
SEARCH
LIVE BROADCAST
Hansard Dynamic Member Index
House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-06-07 Daily Xml
Contents
Pdf Xml

METROPOLITAN HEALTH SERVICES

26 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (1 June 2010). Have the $26 million in cuts to Metropolitan Regional Health Services and service delivery changes targeted in the 2006-07 Budget been achieved and if so, how was this achieved?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts): I am advised:

The Metropolitan Regional Health Services related savings initiatives approved as part of the 2006-07 Budget are represented by two separate savings initiatives.

The Metropolitan Regional Health Services are required to meet savings of $21.593 million over the four years 2006-07 to 2009-10 relating to $6.392 million over four years for service delivery changes and $15.201 million over four years for administrative efficiencies.

Metropolitan Regional Health Services—service delivery changes

This savings initiative of $6.392 million over the four years 2006-07 to 2009-10 relates to the sale of Commonwealth bed licences associated with the transfer of patients from the Tregenza Aged Care Service to a private provider. This savings initiative has been fully achieved recurrently.

Metropolitan Regional Health Services—administrative efficiencies

The Metropolitan Regional Health Services were required to meet savings as part of the 2006-07 Budget of $15.201 million over the four years 2006-07 to 2009-10 relating to administrative efficiencies.

Of the total 2009-10 savings of $7.824 million, around $4.647 million (2008-09 component) in savings have been achieved through the review and restructure of existing organisational structures. In 2010-11, SA Health is continuing to work towards identifying strategies in consultation with health regions to meet existing and growth in savings required across the forward estimates. The management strategies targeted in 2010-11 include:

improved leave management through the standardisation of leave management and review of annual leave policies across the Portfolio

better management of overtime costs through a comprehensive review of overtime and the implementation of standard overtime policies across all major metropolitan hospitals

more efficient utilisation of agency staffing

reduction in administrative support costs through the review of all non-clinical services and the reduction of duplication of support services

vacancy management, through review of historical practices surrounding filling vacancies and the focus of priority filling of essential positions.

These management strategies will not affect frontline health care services.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS
MEMBERS
GET INVOLVED
ABOUT PARLIAMENT
VISIT
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
CONTACT