OFFICIAL 2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT for the Department for Health and Wellbeing Department for Health and Wellbeing 2019-20 Annual Report Department for Health and Wellbeing PO Box 287 Rundle Mall Adelaide SA 5000 www.sahealth.sa.gov.au Contact phone number: +61 8 8226 0795 Contact email:
[email protected] ISSN: 2201-0475 Date presented to Minister: 30 September 2020 1 | P a g e OFFICIAL OFFICIAL 2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT for the Department for Health and Wellbeing To: Hon Stephen Wade MLC Minister for Health and Wellbeing This annual report will be presented to Parliament to meet the statutory reporting requirements of the Public Sector Act 2009, the Public Sector Regulations 2010 and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987 and the requirements of Premier and Cabinet Circular PC013 Annual Reporting. This report is verified to be accurate for the purposes of annual reporting to the Parliament of South Australia. Submitted on behalf of the Department for Health and Wellbeing by: Dr Christopher McGowan Chief Executive Date______________28-09-2020 Signature ________________ 2 | P a g e OFFICIAL OFFICIAL 2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT for the Department for Health and Wellbeing From the Chief Executive The Department for Health and Wellbeing (the department) as system leader, is committed to supporting the delivery of high quality public health services. Safety, equity, access and responsiveness of services are areas of focus for operations and service delivery to benefit the health and wellbeing of all South Australians. Across the year, the department has continued to improve whole-of-system capability and performance through partnership and connectivity.