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Public drunkenness is soon to be decriminalised in Victoria, but stakeholders say they are still waiting for clarity

Key unions and Aboriginal legal advocates fear tragic outcomes after the decriminalisation of public drunkenness, amid confusion over aspects of the new health-led response, due to be rolled out in just five months.

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St Johns Ambulance to take strike action in Victoria

Union members at St John Ambulance Victoria will take industrial action after enterprise bargaining negotiations stalled.

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Liberal campaign stunt may backfire as ‘Ditch Dan ambulance’ prompts legal questions

Victorian opposition leader rubbishes suggestions restored vehicle could be mistaken for a real ambulance

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Vic ambulance service hit by code red

Ambulance Victoria has been forced to enact a red escalation of its emergency response plan due to extreme demand within metropolitan Melbourne.

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‘Covid has broken us’: warnings of a mass resignation among Victorian paramedics

Exclusive: 16% plan to look for new jobs according to survey of 348 Ambulance Victoria staff

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Vic ambos winding back surge workforce

Surf lifesaving volunteers have already stopped working with Ambulance Victoria, and the ADF's involvement in its surge workforce will wrap up this month.

AAP

AMA urges federal government to fix ‘broken’ health system as NSW paramedics protest shortages

Dr Omar Khorshid calls on commonwealth to work with states as union protests ambulance ramping and staffing shortages in NSW

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Triple-zero crash prompts ambo 'code red'

Dozens of Victorian patients were left waiting for an ambulance overnight after the state's triple-zero dispatch system crashed.

AAP

Ambulance Victoria calls code red as call-out system crashes

Patients in metropolitan Melbourne were told not to call for a paramedic unless it was an emergency, as the response system was again put under strain overnight.

ABC News

Vic triple zero overhaul 'long overdue'

Victoria's triple zero call service will be overhauled amid systemic failings, in a move welcomed by the state's ambulance union.

AAP

Vic treasurer justifies project blowouts

Several Victorian infrastructure projects will cost taxpayers billions of dollars more than initially estimated but the treasurer has justified the overruns.

AAP

Health sector 'completely congested' as emergency wait times blow out

Victorian Ambulance Union secretary says “the smaller country towns are actually the ones that suffer the most".

ABC News

‘Health system in distress’: how ambulance ramping became a major problem

Experts say hiring more paramedics and creating new beds isn’t a silver bullet to fixing deeper issue in our health systems

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s budget delivers ‘lean’ funding for community organisations but is welcomed by others

Health groups welcomed $12bn investment in the sector, but not everyone is happy with the budget

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Victorian man dies in hospital bathroom after three-hour wait for treatment

Investigation launched by Ambulance Victoria and hospital in east Gippsland after man dies from cardiac arrest

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Vic hospital stretcher death prompts probe

A 72 year old man has died after waiting hours for treatment on a stretcher at a hospital in Victoria's East Gippsland region, triggering an investigation.

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North East dad's fundraising challenge after daughter's tragic cancer death aged 8

Amelia Davies was just eight years old when she tragically died following a brave battle with neuroblastoma

Daily Record

Dad takes on fundraising challenge after young daughter's tragic death

Amelia Davies', eight, loving parents have raised almost £10,000 for charities in her name after her tragic death.

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Code red: just 1% of Melbourne ambulances available to meet high demand

Union says staff furloughs and increased presentations at emergency wards led to ramping Tuesday night

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