A new cohort of 125 paramedics are beginning their six-week induction program in January, as part of the New South Wales Government’s commitment to deliver more paramedics to regional areas. The new paramedics are expected to arrive in regional, rural and remote communities by the middle of 2024. The following regional and rural locations [...]
Taxis are being used to transport those in need of medical attention in South Australia to tackle ambulance response times. An average of 36 patients a week were taken to care by taxi between January 2021 and April 2023. A statement provided to The Advertiser from the SA Ambulance Service claims taxis are not [...]
The Victorian Ambulance Union says the state's paramedics have been left with "no alternative" than to take "hard industrial action" after members overwhelmingly rejected a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement that came after almost a year of negotiations. Victorian paramedics are set to take industrial action after union members overwhelmingly rejected an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement [...]