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942 - Health and Medical Research - TUMUT REGION

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women representing the Minister for Health and Medical Research

(1) How many ambulances service the Tumut region at any one time?

(2) How many full-time equivalent doctors service Tumut hospital?

(3) What are the weekly average hours of the above doctors?

(4) How many times did Tumut based ambulances travel to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital during:

(a) 2019 to date?

(b) 2018?

(c) 2017?

(d) 2016?

(5) What is the average wait time for ambulances at Tumut Hospital?

(6) What is the average wait time for ambulances at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital?

(7) How many full-time equivalent paramedics service the Tumut region?

(8) What are the weekly average hours of the above paramedics, including overtime?

(9) If a Tumut based ambulance is travelling to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, what contingencies are in place for the Tumut region in the case of a medical episode?

 
Answer -

(1) & (9)

NSW Ambulance operates a state wide service and ambulance services in the Tumut region are supported by stations at Tumut, Batlow, Tumbarumba and Gundagai.

(2) - (3)

Local health districts and hospitals vary staffing profiles and numbers to appropriately meet operational need at any point in time.

(4) - (8)

NSW Ambulance activity and performance data is published by the Bureau of Health Information. The 2019-20 NSW Government Budget will deliver additional paramedics and control centre staff across the state. Paramedics work under the Paramedics and Control Centre Officers (State) Award 2019.

 

Question asked on 10 December 2019 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 154
Answer received on 19 December 2019 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 161

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