Premier says more needs to be done for aged care patients
The Premier has warned ramping will remain a feature of the health system if the federal government does not do more to find places for aged care patients who are ready to be discharged from hospital. The opposition says South Australia is closing in on a record on hours lost to ramping since the 2022 election.
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00:00Now what team are you guys playing?
00:04The Premier at the Entertainment Centre spruiking Netball ahead of the Thunderbirds grand final
00:09appearance and a planned upgrade to Netball SA's Myland home.
00:13We've got a situation where games are being cancelled, there's problems with the electricity
00:17supply, the roof literally leaks and that's just not alright.
00:21The stadium at the moment is the second most utilised venue in Adelaide after Adelaide
00:25Oval so the stadium goes 24-7.
00:2892 million taxpayer dollars will go on the Netball overhaul, a spend dwarfed by the billions
00:34being pumped into SA's health system as the public hospital network continues to operate
00:39under a code yellow or an internal emergency due to soaring demand.
00:44Peter Mallon asked us with a warning if the Commonwealth doesn't do more to get aged care
00:48patients out of hospital to free up space.
00:51If we don't see that addressed, the ramping challenges that we see around the nation are
00:55going to continue for some time to come.
00:59Particularly Chris Picton and I have been working together very closely on how we're
01:04able to see older patients in hospital move out of the hospital into more appropriate
01:10care settings.
01:11Ramping the focus for the opposition with the state close to recording its 100,000th
01:15hour loss to the practice since the last election.
01:19Peter Mallon asked us needs to get in the phone to Anthony Albanese if he thinks they're
01:23not doing the right job and sort it out because it's South Australians who are really suffering.
01:28The 100,000th hour figure could be passed in coming days when July's statistics are
01:32made public.