❓ Hon Adele Farina questions the Minister for Health regarding the number, location, allocation criteria, and funding for community paramedics in regional Western Australia. The Minister provides details on the current deployment and future funding arrangements.
AnsweredQoN 1053Legislative Council
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COMMUNITY PARAMEDICS — REGIONAL WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
1053. Hon ADELE FARINA to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
(1) How many community
paramedics are currently located in regional Western Australia, and where are
they located?
(2) How many of these community
paramedics respond to calls?
(3) What are the criteria for
allocating community paramedics?
(4) Has
additional funding been made available under the new contract with St John Ambulance
for additional paramedics and community paramedics in regional WA?
AUSTRALIA
1053. Hon ADELE FARINA to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
(1) How many community
paramedics are currently located in regional Western Australia, and where are
they located?
(2) How many of these community
paramedics respond to calls?
(3) What are the criteria for
allocating community paramedics?
(4) Has
additional funding been made available under the new contract with St John Ambulance
for additional paramedics and community paramedics in regional WA?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Currently, 23
community paramedic positions are in operation. There is one based at each of
the following locations: in the north west, Wyndham, Wickham, Newman, Onslow
and Tom Price; in the midwest, Irwin Districts, Carnarvon, Meekatharra and
Northampton; in the goldfields, Esperance and Laverton; in the south west,
Manjimup, Margaret River and Donnybrook; in the great southern, Katanning,
Jerramungup and Denmark; and in the wheatbelt, Narrogin, Merredin, Lancelin,
Brookton, Lake Grace and Goomalling. Community paramedics also support surrounding
subcentres.
(2) All community
paramedics have the capacity to respond to calls; however, the primary purpose
of the role is to support and mentor volunteers rather than responding to
individual calls.
(3) Community
paramedics are allocated on the basis of a review of workload and
effectiveness, to achieve support in the recruitment, mentoring and training of
volunteers.
(4) Additional funding has been
allocated to the contract. There will be a process for St John Ambulance and
the Department of Health to mutually agree the allocation of community
paramedics in country subcentres on an annual basis. This ensures that the
composition and distribution of service staff enables response time targets and
arrival time targets to be met by crews and vehicles, in accordance with the
requirements of the service agreement and the provider's clinical
governance framework.
some notice of the question.
(1) Currently, 23
community paramedic positions are in operation. There is one based at each of
the following locations: in the north west, Wyndham, Wickham, Newman, Onslow
and Tom Price; in the midwest, Irwin Districts, Carnarvon, Meekatharra and
Northampton; in the goldfields, Esperance and Laverton; in the south west,
Manjimup, Margaret River and Donnybrook; in the great southern, Katanning,
Jerramungup and Denmark; and in the wheatbelt, Narrogin, Merredin, Lancelin,
Brookton, Lake Grace and Goomalling. Community paramedics also support surrounding
subcentres.
(2) All community
paramedics have the capacity to respond to calls; however, the primary purpose
of the role is to support and mentor volunteers rather than responding to
individual calls.
(3) Community
paramedics are allocated on the basis of a review of workload and
effectiveness, to achieve support in the recruitment, mentoring and training of
volunteers.
(4) Additional funding has been
allocated to the contract. There will be a process for St John Ambulance and
the Department of Health to mutually agree the allocation of community
paramedics in country subcentres on an annual basis. This ensures that the
composition and distribution of service staff enables response time targets and
arrival time targets to be met by crews and vehicles, in accordance with the
requirements of the service agreement and the provider's clinical
governance framework.
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