House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-09-10 Daily Xml

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Patient Care Contracts

1174 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (11 September 2019). What provisions do the contracts with 13 private hospital providers contain about:

(a) the safety and quality of care?

(b) nursing staff levels?

(c) reporting of critical incidents?

(d) dispute resolution?

(e) minimum throughput numbers?

(f) availability of private beds for public patients when demand is high for private patients?

(g) use of public sector medical officers?

(h) privacy of patients and medical records?

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

The contracts under the Patient Services Panel include similar provisions on issues such as quality and safety under similar contracts already in place and which have been in place for some years.