❓ A parliamentary question regarding St John Ambulance in regional WA, focusing on systemic issues, culture, resourcing, and the suicides of paramedics/volunteers. The answer acknowledges a meeting and a past review.
AnsweredQoN 1009Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ST JOHN AMBULANCE — REGIONAL WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
1009. Hon ADELE FARINA to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
(1) Has the
minister spoken with country paramedics and volunteers about the systemic
structural and resourcing problems within St John Ambulance and its toxic
culture?
(2) How many St John Ambulance
sub-centres located in country WA has the minister visited?
(3) On those
visits to country sub-centres, was the minister free to talk to paramedics and
volunteers without St John Ambulance senior management standing over the
paramedics and volunteers to monitor every word spoken to the minister?
(4) Has the minister spoken with the
families of the paramedics and volunteers who died by suicide?
AUSTRALIA
1009. Hon ADELE FARINA to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
(1) Has the
minister spoken with country paramedics and volunteers about the systemic
structural and resourcing problems within St John Ambulance and its toxic
culture?
(2) How many St John Ambulance
sub-centres located in country WA has the minister visited?
(3) On those
visits to country sub-centres, was the minister free to talk to paramedics and
volunteers without St John Ambulance senior management standing over the
paramedics and volunteers to monitor every word spoken to the minister?
(4) Has the minister spoken with the
families of the paramedics and volunteers who died by suicide?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1)–(4) I
am advised that the Minister for Health recently met with a regional St John
Ambulance volunteer in Moora. In March 2015, action was taken by the government
by requesting a comprehensive review of issues associated with the suspected
suicides of five St John Ambulance paramedics or volunteers. The report was
overseen by the Chief Psychiatrist and involved consultation with the families.
of the question.
(1)–(4) I
am advised that the Minister for Health recently met with a regional St John
Ambulance volunteer in Moora. In March 2015, action was taken by the government
by requesting a comprehensive review of issues associated with the suspected
suicides of five St John Ambulance paramedics or volunteers. The report was
overseen by the Chief Psychiatrist and involved consultation with the families.
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