The Latest Breaking News from Chris Picton

The number of hours ambulances spend waiting outside the state's hospitals reached a new high in June.

Ambulances spent 3,838 hours ramped outside South Australian hospitals last month — a new record for the state. The government says it's working on all possible avenues to increase capacity and reduce pressure on emergency departments including the expansion of respiratory clinics.

Alarming reports from the emergency rooms of South Australian hospitals show the health system is failing, amid a looming COVID-19 wave.

South Australia's largest COVID drive-through site will make way for the Adelaide 500 as more vulnerable people will be able to test for different viruses at once.

A child under the age of three is one of six COVID-related deaths reported in SA today, as the state also grapples with a sharp surge in influenza cases.

South Australia records its worst ambulance ramping delays to date with more than 3,000 hours lost to it last month as the state government announces its strategy to get the state through winter.

SA's opposition raises its concern over the future of the new Women's and Children's Hospital project, with budget papers revealing the timeline for its completion has been pushed back by at least a year.

A COVID-19 vaccination blitz begins in South Australia's schools as authorities urge parents to also get their children vaccinated for influenza.

A war of words intensifies between the South Australian government and the opposition over ongoing COVID-19 policing, with Health Minister Chris Picton hitting out at Liberal leader David Speirs's "Dark-Age dictatorship" analogy.