House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-04-30 Daily Xml

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Hospitals, Hotel Services

700 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (3 April 2019). With respect to the government's announcement of reform of hotel services at SA hospital sites:

(a) How will hotel services across SA hospital sites be reformed?

(b) Will this reform of hotel services result in any reduced services?

(c) From what sites are the savings of $4.5m per annum to be made?

(d) Will any existing contracts need to be rescinded to deliver these reforms?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:

(a) The new hotel services contracts apply to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Modbury Hospital, The Lyell McEwin Hospital, The Women's and Children's Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre. The new hotel services contracts for the five nominated metropolitan hospitals provide a performance based specification together with new technology that allows digital tracking of all non-clinical support tasks.

(b) No.

(c) The five nominated metropolitan sites.

(d) As a result of the open tender process there will be a shift in supplier market but all existing contracts will be honoured until their natural termination date.