327 - MAITLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA - AMBULANCE RESOURCES
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Notes the Maitland Local Government Area has one dedicated road ambulance and one support vehicle to service its population of more than 80,000.
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Notes media reports that the number of patients arriving at Maitland Hospital by ambulance in the first quarter of 2019 increased by 13.2 per cent year on year.
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Condemns the Government for putting the citizens of Maitland at potential risk through inadequate resourcing.
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Calls on the Government to urgently increase ambulance resources in the Maitland electorate.
Notice given 7 August 2019 by Aitchison, Ms Jennifer Kathleen