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Question Time

LYMPHOEDEMA ASSESSMENT CLINIC

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:17): My question, unsurprisingly, is to the Minister for Health. What plans does the government have to provide lymphoedema assessment services, currently conducted by the lymphoedema clinic at the medical centre at Flinders, now that the government is no longer going to have that service at Flinders Medical Centre?

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) (14:17): Madam Speaker, the lack of flexibility by the Leader of the Opposition is astonishing to all of us, but today she has really picked very badly.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Point of order, Leader of the Opposition.

Mrs REDMOND: The point of relevance. The minister simply started attacking me rather than answering anything in my question.

The SPEAKER: Thank you, Leader of the Opposition, sit down. There is no point of order at this stage. He has just started to answer his question.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I can't hear myself speak. Minister for Health.

The Hon. J.D. HILL: Thank you, Madam Speaker. As I said in my ministerial statement just two or three minutes ago, a range of providers of services are available to public patients in our public hospitals and will continue to be provided. Private services which were provided can be obtained by a range of private providers as well, and I understand in a note that was sent to the patients of this particular clinic they were advised of those other services. I understand that Professor Piller is determining where he will run his service in the future, but that is a decision that he has made. It is a private clinic that was placed within the Flinders Medical Centre as a matter of courtesy. He made a decision to move it.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: The absolute lack of fidelity to truth on the other side, which seeks to exploit vulnerable patients and try to get political capital out of it, just disgusts me, Madam Speaker.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Frome.

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