❓ Hon Peter Collier asks about police dispatch to medical tasks when St John Ambulance is unavailable. The response indicates data collection began on 23 May 2022, with 23 dispatches recorded since then, and prior data is not readily available.
AnsweredQoN 546Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ST JOHN AMBULANCE —
SERVICE DELIVERY — POLICE
546. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
(1) Since 1 July 2021, have any police been dispatched
to attend medical-related tasks when St John Ambulance has not been
available?
(2) If yes, on how many occasions?
SERVICE DELIVERY — POLICE
546. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
(1) Since 1 July 2021, have any police been dispatched
to attend medical-related tasks when St John Ambulance has not been
available?
(2) If yes, on how many occasions?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for
Emergency Services, I thank the member for some notice of the question. The
following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Police.
(1)–(2) The
Western Australia Police Force advises that the agency created a job description
''St John Ambulance Medical Task'' for use from 23 May 2022 and
refers to tasks when St John Ambulance has requested police attendance at a medical—non-police—task
as either the primary response unit in lieu of ambulance attendance or a driver–assistant
for an ambulance crew. Tasks for which police may have been dispatched to
attend medical tasks when St John Ambulance was not available prior to the job
description becoming available on 23 May 2022 are not readily identifiable.
Additionally, tasks that are police related or when St John Ambulance is attending but request police assistance are
excluded. Since the creation of the St John Ambulance medical task on 23
May 2022, the WA Police Force has had 23 dispatches recorded.
Emergency Services, I thank the member for some notice of the question. The
following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Police.
(1)–(2) The
Western Australia Police Force advises that the agency created a job description
''St John Ambulance Medical Task'' for use from 23 May 2022 and
refers to tasks when St John Ambulance has requested police attendance at a medical—non-police—task
as either the primary response unit in lieu of ambulance attendance or a driver–assistant
for an ambulance crew. Tasks for which police may have been dispatched to
attend medical tasks when St John Ambulance was not available prior to the job
description becoming available on 23 May 2022 are not readily identifiable.
Additionally, tasks that are police related or when St John Ambulance is attending but request police assistance are
excluded. Since the creation of the St John Ambulance medical task on 23
May 2022, the WA Police Force has had 23 dispatches recorded.
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