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Hospital log-jam crisis talks to be held
Moving NDIS and aged care patients out of hospital beds will be top of the agenda when Health Minister Chris Picton meets with his state and federal counterparts over the next two days.
Moving NDIS and aged care patients out of hospital beds will be top of the agenda when Health Minister Chris Picton meets with his state and federal counterparts over the next two days.
Health Minister Chris Picton is investigating whether he can “squeeze any more capacity” out of the private system and hospitals on the outskirts of Adelaide amid record levels of bed-block at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
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