House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-10-30 Daily Xml

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ENTERPRISE PATIENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:39): Supplementary question: can the minister outline to us whether he will keep the commitment that he made on 27 August this year to roll out EPAS to the Port Augusta Hospital before the end of this year?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (14:39): I will first check that commitment and what I said at the time, but at the moment there is no indication that we are having to reschedule any of the rollouts from what I have last advised the parliament. I am not advised of any delays. Having said that, the rollout of IT infrastructure can often encounter problems and there can sometimes be delays.

We are undertaking a gateway review of the rollout at Noarlunga to determine how that has gone and double-check that what I have been advised informally by my department about how well it has gone is in fact correct before we begin the rollout to other sites. But at the moment, it is certainly the case that we are not envisaging any delays from what I have previously advised the house.

The SPEAKER: A further supplementary? Leader.