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Ambulance ramping spikes at SA hospitals

AAP - 08-04-2023

Ambulance ramping outside Adelaide's major public hospitals jumped last month with the state government looking to improve patient flows through emergency departments

 
NSW paramedics to leave non-urgent patients at hospital

AAP - 20-03-2023

Frustrated NSW paramedics are taking matters into their own hands - vowing to leave non-urgent patients at hospitals so they can get back on the road to attend emergencies.

 
Calls for more sleep support for new paramedics

AAP - 18-03-2023

New paramedics should be given more support and better sleep strategies to protect them from poor mental health, researchers say. Insomnia and depression increase

 
Ambulance call-outs hit decade high in NSW

AAP - 01-03-2023

The number of ambulance call-outs in NSW reached at least a decade high in the final quarter of last year, with emergency departments also experiencing near-record demand.

 
Paramedics sleep in cars amid rural housing squeeze

AAP - 09-02-2023

Paramedics say they are sleeping in their cars, living in tents and caravans, or staying in pubs because of a severe housing shortage across regional and rural NSW.

 
Ambulance call answer times stretch out in Victoria

AAP - 02-02-2023

Victoria posted Australia's worst ambulance call response times last financial year but there are signs the embattled system is beginning to rebound. The

 
Ambulance staff in England set to strike

AAP - 01-02-2023

Thousands of ambulance workers in England will carry out fresh strike action on February 10 in a dispute over pay and staffing, the UNISON trade union says. They

 
One in three Vic paramedics injured on job

AAP - 28-01-2023

Paramedics in Victoria have a higher rate of work-related injuries than other Australian workers, new research shows. About one-third of the state's paramedics

 
Wait times rise as Vic names new ambo boss

AAP - 22-12-2022

Victoria's ambulance service has named its next chief executive after the body's long-overdue annual report highlighted the scope of its deteriorating response times.

 
Queensland health system buckling

AAP - 19-09-2022

The death of a Queenslander where six triple-zero calls were made and an ambulance arriving nine hours later underlines the state's health crisis, the state opposition

 

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