Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2020-10-15 Daily Xml

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Women's and Children's Hospital

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:30): In the last 12 months have there been any adverse outcomes for children going interstate because we are unable to provide this service here?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:30): These are exactly the issues that the board is working through: what is the optimal outcome, the best outcome for children in South Australia? There are risks both in delivering services through interstate-based units and there are also risks delivering services in a state-based unit. That is presumably one of the reasons why the Labor government in the early 2000s withdrew this service.