Paramedics
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Regional ambulance mechanics go on 'historic' strike AAP - 08-04-2024
More than 700 regional Victorian ambulances will be without maintenance workers as they take "unprecedented" strike action after a breakdown in contract negotiations.
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'Not an easy sell': paramedics to ramp up pay dispute AAP - 18-03-2024
Victorian paramedics will scribble slogans on ambulances and not collect billing details from patients as their protracted pay dispute ramps up. The Victorian
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Ramping 'major factor' in deadly 10-hour ambo wait AAP - 08-03-2024
Emergency responders "underappreciated" the risk to a vulnerable patient who died after a 10-hour ambulance wait, a review of the incident has found.
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'Clock stoppers': mobile paramedics model under review AAP - 01-02-2024
Victoria's mobile ambulance service is set for a shake-up following the death of a regionally based paramedic and dispatch concerns. A new operating model
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Vic paramedics consider striking over pay, conditions AAP - 17-01-2024
Victorian paramedics will take industrial action if they can't come to an agreement with the government over pay and conditions in the next two weeks. The
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Paramedics get major pay rise in 'recognition' of role AAP - 15-12-2023
Paramedics in NSW will receive a major pay boost after months of negotiations finally led to a deal between union representatives and the state government.
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Bitter paramedic pay stoush heads to industrial umpire AAP - 11-12-2023
Hundreds of paramedics have reported they are looking to leave NSW for more lucrative work in other states as a long-running stand-off over pay heads to the industrial umpire.
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Paramedics reject huge pay offer of 19pct on average AAP - 08-12-2023
Paramedics will stop work across NSW after rejecting a huge pay rise offer to re-align salaries with skills. The record offer would have delivered professional
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Plan to ease ambulance ramping unveiled after deaths AAP - 26-11-2023
Crisis talks have led to Queensland Health adopting a five-point, $20 million plan to address ambulance ramping after two people died in as many days. Emergency
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Paramedics waiting for pay offer call premier to table AAP - 24-11-2023
No formal offer has been made to increase the pay of NSW paramedics despite months of negotiations as a union boss calls on the NSW premier and treasurer to "come out
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Paramedics issue new high stakes threat over pay deal AAP - 15-11-2023
Paramedics angry over rising expectations and sluggish pay are threatening to take the 'nuclear option' by refusing to renew their registrations, making it illegal
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'A wonderful symbol': tree marks paramedic's sacrifice AAP - 10-11-2023
A fig tree in a Sydney park will become a living memorial to a young paramedic killed in the line of duty as his grieving loved ones mark his sacrifice. The
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Long waits persist for Victorian ambulances, surgery AAP - 09-11-2023
Pressure on Victoria's public health system is easing but people still face long waits for ambulances, planned surgery and dentistry. The Victorian Agency
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Queensland's opposition ramps up pledge on ambulances AAP - 01-11-2023
Ambulance ramping in Queensland will have set targets that reduce numbers to 15 per cent under a state opposition election pledge. Liberal National Party leader
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Six-hour ambulance wait while 'distressed and in pain' AAP - 26-10-2023
A dementia home resident who died after being diagnosed with a perforated bowel waited six hours for an ambulance while distressed and in increasing pain. The
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Ambulance ramping soars to record high AAP - 25-09-2023
Ambulance ramping has soared to record highs, with paramedics wasting thousands of hours outside Queensland hospitals. Documents tabled in state parliament
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Pressure ramps up as paramedics waste years waiting AAP - 04-09-2023
The federal government must step up and do more to stop paramedics wasting years waiting for patients to be seen in hospitals, according to Victoria's health minister.
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Victorian paramedics caught up in intranet data breach AAP - 23-08-2023
Ambulance Victoria will audit its intranet security after unauthorised workers were able to access private staff information. The organisation was notified
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Jump in ambulance and emergency department wait times AAP - 05-08-2023
Pressure on Victoria's health system shows no sign of easing after the ambulance service experienced one of its busiest periods on record and the number of patients waiting
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NRL games, horseracing targeted in paramedic strike AAP - 02-08-2023
A major health services union will have its paramedics refuse to work overtime at major sporting events in NSW until a pay dispute is settled. The action, which
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