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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Health Workforce

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (14:56): Final supplementary: with doctor and nurse cuts now extended to the Lyell McEwin Hospital and the Modbury Hospital, will the minister provide one single example of a doctor or a nurse who is currently idle and not needed in our public hospitals?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:57): For the sake of honourable members on the crossbench and on the government benches, let me explain that the process the Hon. Russell Wortley is referring to is a voluntary separation process. This is a voluntary process. Each application will be initiated by the relevant staff member. It's also a non-binding process. In other words, they can lodge an expression of interest and withdraw it at any time.

Certainly, in relation to SA Pathology and in relation to the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, there has been strong interest in lodging an expression of interest and going through the process. But let's be very clear: fundamentally, this process is about the local management team making sure they have the right workforce to deliver the best possible care to South Australians.

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