Original article by Kate Hagan
The Age – Page: 2 : 16-Oct-14

State Parliament on 15 October 2014 heard of the latest performance data for Ambulance Victoria. It had 321,839 code-one emergency call-outs during 2013-14 and responded to 73.7% of these within a quarter of an hour. The target is 85%, and in 2009-10 the most recent high was 80.7%. The organisation blames the more complex health problems of an ageing population, saying paramedics are now spending more time on each case. Health Minister David Davis noted that the figure was up from 73% in 2012-13, while Ambulance Employees Australia state secretary Steve McGhie criticised the Government

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