The Weatherill Government has outlined fresh cuts to the public health system, a decision medical experts say puts patient care at risk.

Budget pressures will see the closure of 114 hospital beds and the axing of 350 jobs.

The government says the jobs cuts, both frontline and from head office, would be achieved by natural attrition and the use of fewer agency staff.

Health Minister John Hill says the cuts would save $270 million over four years