Paramedics
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NSW ambos launch snap industrial action AAP - 29-05-2022
Paramedics across NSW will refuse to take patients' billing details over the next five days as their dispute with the government over pay and conditions escalates.
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Triple-zero crash prompts ambo 'code red' AAP - 27-05-2022
Victoria's embattled triple-zero call service resorted to manually allocating ambulances when a technical error crashed its system overnight More than 70
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Paramedics ramp up NSW industrial action AAP - 27-05-2022
NSW paramedics are stepping up industrial action in their fight for better resources as ambulance services face unprecedented demand. Australian Paramedics
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Ambulance 'error' before Tas man's death AAP - 11-05-2022
An elderly Tasmanian man who died from a head injury waited more than four hours at his home for an ambulance after being incorrectly triaged. Alan Maurice
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Brits eye best and brightest Aussie ambos AAP - 25-04-2022
Already decimated by COVID-19 and under growing pressure to replenish a worn out front line, Australian ambulance services are about to lose some of their best and brightest
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NSW paramedics escalating action AAP - 22-04-2022
NSW paramedics are ramping up industrial action in a bid to get better pay and resources allocated to the ambulance service in next month's state budget.
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Tensions over WA ambulance response delays AAP - 06-04-2022
Western Australia's health minister has criticised the state's ambulance operator amid a blowout in response times and ramping. About 10 per cent of
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NSW paramedics set for industrial action AAP - 29-03-2022
NSW paramedics are preparing for industrial action to pressure the state government for better conditions and resources. The Australian Paramedics Association
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Qld minister defends ambulance services AAP - 24-03-2022
Queensland's Health Minister says paramedic fatigue is a concern but has accused the opposition of trying to mislead the public by "cherry picking" the state's
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NSW paramedics, nurses push for pay rise AAP - 22-03-2022
NSW paramedics are pushing for a 10 per cent or higher pay rise as well as an additional 2000 staff to turn around deteriorating ambulance response times across the state.
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Paramedics to launch NSW industrial action AAP - 22-03-2022
Hundreds of "under-resourced" NSW paramedics will ratchet up an industrial campaign against the state government by refusing to leave their posts to fill gaps at
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NSW paramedics worked 'to the bone' AAP - 18-02-2022
A 24-hour strike by NSW paramedics has failed to rouse a meaningful response from the government, their union says. Emergency responders are taking part in
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NSW paramedics are exhausted AAP - 10-09-2021
Some 3500 people diagnosed with COVID-19 or suspected of having the virus were transported by ambulances in NSW in the past two weeks. NSW
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Paramedic says COVID patients waiting hours in ambulance AAP - 06-09-2021
The paramedics' union says ambulances are being forced to wait up to seven hours at Sydney hospital bays with COVID-19 positive patients on board.
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NSW paramedics union at breaking point AAP - 03-08-2021
The paramedics' union is demanding better PPE, greater hospital capacity and rapid antigen testing for its workers on the frontline of the pandemic.
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NSW Ambulance union calls for more paramedics AAP - 29-04-2021
NSW Ambulance was forced into an emergency "status three" case load declaration on Monday, prompting the union to call for 1500 more paramedics.
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Ambulance response time blowout confirms strain on health system HealthTimes - 30-03-2021
Ambulance Victoria’s (AV) quarterly performance data confirms that increased demand for ambulance services is having an effect ambulance response times in Victoria.
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Paramedics have one of Australia's most dangerous jobs Health Times - 17-11-2020
Allegations of widespread sex discrimination and gender-based bullying among Ambulance Victoria staff have highlighted just
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Paramedics need better care for accumulated stress HealthTimes - 14-06-2019
Paramedics are not receiving enough help to overcome psychological injuries caused by accumulated traumas they confront in their work – with Flinders University researchers
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South Australian ambulance services led to nine deaths last year AAP - 26-02-2019
Failings in the care of patients by the South Australian ambulance services led to nine deaths last year, a review has found. Nine patients
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