Hon. Adele Farina asks about staffing levels at the East Bunbury St John Ambulance substation, specifically regarding paramedic numbers before and after its opening. The response details the number of additional paramedics employed and provides some, but not all, requested staffing data.

AnsweredQoN 1333Legislative Council
Asked
24 November 2015
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

ST JOHN
AMBULANCE — BUNBURY
1333. Hon ADELE FARINA to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the east Bunbury St John
Ambulance substation.
(1) How many
additional paramedics were employed as a result of the opening of the east
Bunbury substation?
(2) On 30
September in 2014 and 2015, how many staff were employed in Bunbury—by
head count and full-time equivalent—by St John Ambulance?
(3) Of the staff listed in (2), in
each of 2014 and 2015, how many were paramedics?

AnswerView source ↗

On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Health, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) Two additional career paramedics were employed.
(2) This
information is not required to be provided by St John Ambulance under its
contractual arrangements with WA Health, and is not available.
(3) The number
of paramedics employed is part of the contractual reporting requirements. Ten
paramedics were employed in Bunbury in 2014 and 11 paramedics were employed in
Bunbury in 2015.

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