Health – Ambulance Response Times
A report on government services data shows that in 2018‑19, the 90th percentile response time for emergency incidents in the Hobart area was 21 minutes, but in 2022-23 it had increased to 31 minutes - a 10-minute, 48 per cent increase - in just five years and we've also seen our statewide results rapidly worsening over the same period. We know in an emergency, every single minute counts, but thousands of Tasmanians every year are waiting longer and longer for an ambulance when they need it the most. Has the department done any work to understand the impact that lengthening response times may have had on patient outcomes or to assess in any way the harm that's being caused by these lengthening delays, so kind of following through after the delays and seeing the impact?
