Following a request from Emergency Management Australia, nine SCAT paramedics from the Ambulance Service of NSW were deployed today as part of 76 strong New South Wales Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) taskforce. The USAR Team have been deployed to the unfolding tragic situation in Japan where an 8.9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused widespread damage and many fatalities. The Herald [...]
Paramedics throughout Australia have welcomed the proposals to develop a national practitioner registration system for paramedics under the framework of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. The West Australian Government has been allocated $100,000 in federal funding to lead a project that will develop a national registration framework by the end of 2011. The National [...]
The Western Australian government has announced an additional $149.6 million in funding allocations for St John Ambulance Emergency Medical Services (EMS) over four years, which will result in 25 new vehicles, more staff and improvements to the St John Ambulance communication centre. WA Health Minister Kim Hames said the funding allocated in the 2010-11 budget [...]
The Australian College of Ambulance Professionals (ACAP) has welcomed the proposals by the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) for universal electronic health records. The NHHRC has recommended that by 2012, every Australian should be able to have a personal electronic health record that will at all times be owned and controlled by that [...]
The National President of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals (ACAP)1 Mr Ian Patrick has welcomed the recently announced COAG funding arrangements to increase funding for public hospitals with a package totalling $750 million in 2008-09 to support emergency departments. Mr Patrick was speaking at the conclusion of a meeting in Canberra to discuss current [...]
