The latest quarterly performance data from Ambulance Victoria does not bode well for South-West Coast. Ambulance wait times are the worst since the Andrews Government came to power.
Victoria is the midst of a severe and debilitating public health system crisis.
These figures from the January – March 2021 quarter show how extreme this crisis is and how the Andrews Labor Government response has been inadequate.
The continued failure of the Andrews Labor Government to adequately address these figures are putting Victorian lives at risk.
The quarterly ambulance Victoria figures for the Glenelg, Moyne, and Warrnambool local government areas (LGAs), which incorporate the South-West Coast community now show the following blow-outs in wait times:
- The average code 1 response time has increased by over 2 minutes in the last quarter in Glenelg;
- The percentage of code 1 ambulances responding within 15 minutes has fallen by 8.9 percentage points in Glenelg;
- The average code 2 response time has increased by over 2 minutes in the last quarter in Glenelg;
- The average code 1 response time has increased by over two minutes in the last quarter in Moyne;
- The percentage of code 1 ambulances responding within 15 minutes has fallen by 10.10 percentage points in Moyne;
- The average code 2 response time has increased by over a minute and a half in the last quarter in Moyne;
- The percentage of code 1 ambulances responding within 15 minutes has fallen by 0.10 percentage points in Warrnambool; and
- The average code 2 response time has increased by over 2 minutes in the last quarter in Warrnambool.
Comments attributable to Shadow Minister for Health, Georgie Crozier:
“Daniel Andrews promised he would fix the system and Victorians would be better off. They are not. We have an ambulance system in crisis.
“The people of South West Coast should not be left to wain in pain and agony any longer.
“Ambulance response times like these are unacceptable, this is just another failure of the Andrews Labor Government, a litany of failures that is fast growing.”
Comments attributable to Member for South-West Coast, Roma Britnell:
“The lives of locals in South West Coast are being put at risk at the hands of the Andrews Labor Government and its growing ambulance crisis
“I have had contact from constituents who waited two hours for an ambulance – then two showed up at the same time – one from over 70 kilometres away.
“Local paramedics tell me they are under resourced and are being stretched to their limits.
“We need proper investment and resourcing in Ambulance Victoria to ensure it’s a reliable service the South West Coast community can rely on when it matters most.”
