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MINISTER FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 282

Ambulance Service

MR BERRY - asked the Minister for Health, Education and the Arts on notice on 16 October 1990:

Will the Minister provide a shift by shift summary of the shifts on which there have been less than four fully staffed ambulances available in the ACT Ambulance Service over the last six months.

MR HUMPHRIES - the answer to Mr Berrys question is:

A shift by shift summary, denoting times when less than four fully staffed ambulances were available during the six month period (1 May 1990 - 22 October 1990), is attached.

During this period, the ACT Ambulance Service operated 350 shifts, of which 212 shifts (60.6) operated with all four ambulances available, one at each station. There were 136 occasions (38.9) where three of the four stations were open, and only two shifts where two of the four stations were closed.

While the Service has been under pressure, it has been able to meet the demands placed upon it. The ACT Ambulance Service uses a number of procedural protocols to ensure ambulances are always available to meet the emergency calls received.

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