Details of new ambulance station 'inadequate' - Tesch
Details about the proposed Woy Woy ambulance station provided by the NSW Government were inadequate, according to Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch.
Ms Tesch said she asked 22 questions in November which have now been answered by Health Minister Mr Brad Hazzard with less than 500 words.
She said this showed lack of regard for our community and our health professionals.Ms Tesch had queried staff numbers at the new station, and the effects of the relocation on wait-times, traffic flow and the current site at Ettalong.
Mr Hazzard's answers did not rule out loss of local paramedics' jobs, she said.
He said that the staffing allocation at the new facility was "still being assessed".
Ms Tesch called on the NSW Government to guarantee that the paramedics who work at Ettalong Station will keep their jobs as part of the transition.
"In the middle of this pandemic, Dominic Perrottet is putting local paramedics on notice that their jobs are on the line" said Ms Tesch.
In his answers, Mr Hazzard revealed that $185,000 had been spent in 2019 refurbishing the Ettalong site.
Ms Tesch also discovered that the current staff at the Ettalong Station were given less than five days' notice that their facility would close, before the announcement was made by the Member for Terrigal Mr Adam Crouch.
She said the Health Minister refused to answer questions about whether Health Department officials had met with the station staff about the change.
Instead he seemed to indicate that they were informed by giving staff a pamphlet, she said.
SOURCE:
Media release, 31 Jan 2022
Liesl Tesch, Member for Gosford