Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-10-15 Daily Xml

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Hospital Beds

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:40): Supplementary: will the minister rule out any further beds going on stand-by in addition to the 60 beds already on stand-by?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:40): The first comment I would make is that the decisions in relation to freeing up spare capacity that were announced on Friday relate to the Central Adelaide Local Health Network. Each health network needs to manage their own bed stock to make sure that they can manage surges in demand. As far as I know, the 60 beds that CALHN is talking about is the extent of what they believe they need.

The PRESIDENT: One more supplementary, the Hon. Ms Bourke.