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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Mental Health Services

The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:04): In response to one of the earlier questions raised, what are the opening hours of the centres? My question was: do we have a dedicated mental health practitioner available for each of the four centres at all times?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:04): I will take the detail of the honourable member's question on notice, but my general understanding is that the hours are approximately 10am to 8pm. That later start in the morning, as I understand it, was to reflect the normal pattern in EDs. The Monday that has just passed was unusual, because we were seeing significant demand quite soon after eight, but my understanding is that ED demand often comes later in the morning.

In terms of the honourable member's question, I am not aware of any specialist mental health clinicians in the priority care centres, but the point I have just been trying to make is that emergency care nurses, supported by GPs, able to tap into specialist services off site I believe are well placed to respond to a whole range of health issues for South Australians.

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