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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Transfer of Care Data

Mrs HURN (Schubert) (14:09): Where can members of the public access this information?

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Badcoe, member for Mawson!

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:09): I believe I had this question a few weeks ago. The information has been released regularly in press releases. They are available through the Premier's website and, in addition, there's actually—

An honourable member interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Schubert is warned.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: —real-time data which is available on the Ambulance Service's dashboard.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Schubert and member for Morialta, order!

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: I encourage the member for Schubert, this is her only line of questioning this parliament, to log onto that, to go on to sahealth.sa.gov.au and find that data. The other thing that they might want to do is actually talk to some frontline health professionals like we do on this side of the house and that little bit of that side of the house—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: We do. I remembered you this time.

The SPEAKER: Order! The minister has the call.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: When you talk to the health professionals, they will tell you very clearly that there are significant problems in the health system that need addressing.

The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta, a familiar interlocuter on points of order.

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Sir, I have many opportunities provided by the minister. Standing order 98, the question was actually specific to where members of the public will find the data in question. The minister is now no longer anywhere near it, the monthly data in question.

The SPEAKER: The standing order doesn't require the minister necessarily to be as specific as the member might contemplate. Instead, it introduces the question of substance, what is at the heart of the question. The minister will chart a closer line to the question.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: The question was in relation to where information can be found, and I was encouraging those opposite to speak to frontline health workers—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: —so you have the information that we are now releasing—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Schubert is on one warning.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: —information we called for the previous government to release. We promised we would do it and we are now going to continue to release the information. In addition, it is the live information that is released. In addition, if you want to go and speak to some frontline healthcare workers, they will tell you the issues. The other thing that I found interesting is the member for Schubert has been retweeting some of the live dashboard information of—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: Yes, interesting—she has found it. The retweets she has been doing are of the regular number of people who are stuck waiting in emergency departments for a bed.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Schubert, you will refer to the minister by a proper title.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: And I agree: this is a huge problem. This is the problem that we were elected to address. We have opened up every additional bed we can to address the problem, but we do not have any more beds that we can open because those opposite left us in a situation without a significant investment to do so.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Morialta is called to order and warned. The member for Chaffey is warned. The minister for Human Services is warned. The minister has the call.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: In 51 minutes, the Treasurer will be coming here to deliver a generational investment in addressing the health care of this state, addressing that access block which causes the ramping, which causes the ambulance delays, and this is a government which is determined to fix that situation.

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