Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2017-11-29 Daily Xml

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Anaesthetist Services

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:37): Supplementary: I thank the minister for giving an undertaking to take the question on notice. In his reply, could he advise what the projected impact is on the elective surgery backlog as a result of reductions in surgical sessions resulting from the shortage of anaesthetists?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:37): The short answer to the Hon. Mr Wade's question is yes, I am happy to undertake to get that information for him. Having said that, I just want to qualify my doing so by saying that I don't take it as given that the shortage that the honourable member refers to is there, but I am happy to make some inquiries and get that information for him.