House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-03-18 Daily Xml

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Question Time

Health Review

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:18): My question is to the Minister for Health. What is the difference between a community emergency department and an emergency department?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:18): The difference is, with regard to Noarlunga Hospital at least, patients who need to be admitted will have to be admitted into Flinders Medical Centre; that's a large proportion of our patients who are admitted anyway. More than half of them are, in fact, going up to Flinders Medical Centre at the moment. The Noarlunga Hospital won't be admitting patients from the emergency department—that's the change.

Mr Pisoni interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is warned for the first time. Leader.