Ambulance Service

Country Victorians say Ambulance Victoria's new approach to non-emergency patient transport is making it harder to get to and from their dialysis appointments.

Two men are fighting for their lives after a car collided with a freight train in far north Queensland. Emergency services were called to the incident in Cairns just before 7am.

Queensland man Dale Simpson should be getting ready for his engagement party this weekend. Instead, his family is preparing for his funeral after a tragic mountain bike accident.

Seventeen-year-old Nikolas's mum thought he was dying, but triple-0 said he would have to get to hospital himself.

The South Australian government is concerned the evidence of a top doctor due to appear at an inquest into three ramping-related deaths could cause embarrassment, the Supreme Court has been told.

Police have euthanased a dog in Townsville after it mauled a woman in her 30s, leaving her in a critical condition.

Following the death of NSW paramedic Steven Tougher, St John Ambulance conducted a six-month trial of stab-proof vests in WA. But the service has found the equipment is uncomfortable and does little to improve the safety of workers.

Hunter New England Health and NSW Ambulance have apologised to a mother for the distress caused when her sick son was turned away from the local hospital because he arrived by ambulance.

The Victorian Ambulance Union says it has reached a new in-principle deal to deliver pay rises and better working conditions for paramedics. 

The Victorian Ambulance Union says it has agreed to an in-principle deal with the government after 17 months of negotiation, securing wage increases of up to 33 per cent for some paramedics.

The SA government insists it is not trying to block a senior hospital doctor from giving evidence about ambulance ramping at an inquest into the deaths of three people, as its lawyers launch Supreme Court challenge over a certificate issued to the doctor compelling her to appear.

Ambulance ramping in Victoria is leaving some regions without emergency services and the problem is only getting worse.

After Marilyn Anstiss had a fall and waited eight hours for an ambulance, she got to hospital late at night and remained ramped outside until early the next morning — much like more than 40 per cent of other Queensland patients.

A back-up ambulance was forced to treat a patient in the corridors of Maroondah Hospital in Melbourne's east, when paramedics were told no emergency beds were available at the hospital.

Ambulance Victoria chief executive officer Jane Miller has resigned from the service weeks after its workers called for a change in leadership.

The ambulance union says hospital conditions are worse than ever as the government lifts the code yellow to ease demand.

A researcher says hospital ramping and treatment delays cannot be overcome without significant federal aged care investment.

Victorian men with religious beards are banned from working as paramedics due to a rigid face mask policy, despite alternative mask fit techniques being used in other states and countries.

Ambulance Victoria says six employees from its payroll department have been accused of serious misconduct and referred to IBAC. The body representing Ambulance Victoria's corporate staff has ripped into those who leaked the story to the media, saying there actions were 'prejudicial' and 'desperate'.

The Ambulance Union says it's losing confidence in the SA government's ability to fix the ramping crisis before the next election.