Hon Adele Farina asked about dedicated resources for country call taking and ambulance dispatch at St John Ambulance. The Minister confirmed the existence of a dedicated desk and additional resources being recruited.

AnsweredQoN 4519Legislative Council
Asked
18 October 2016
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

(1) Has St John Ambulance
implemented dedicated resources to manage country call taking and ambulance
dispatch within its call centre? (2) Will the Minister
provide details of the dedicated resources?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
22 November 2016
Responded by
Minister for Planning representing the Minister for Health
Response time
35 days
(1) Yes.
(2) St John Ambulance WA Ltd (SJA) has a dedicated country ambulance dispatch desk. In addition, all of the resources in the State Operations Centre are networked and available to assist in periods of peak demand. In response to growing demand in country areas, SJA is recruiting an additional full time resource to manage workload in country areas.

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