The NSW government will recruit more than 10,000 nurses, doctors and other staff to help fix the state's crumbling hospital system. Gabrielle_Boyle 9News MORE:
The New South Wales government has announced a major boost to the state's ambulance workforce following years of industrial action.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the record investment will ensure NSW has the best healthcare in the country."The investment will help increase capacity both in terms of available paramedics to respond to patients, and available staff to help answer the record volume of calls," he said. The funding spaced over a four-year period will provide the state with 1858 extra paramedics, 210 ambulance support staff, 52 nurses and eight doctors.
HSU NSW Secretary Gerard Hayes said paramedics would now continue to campaign for decent wages that reflect the contribution and professionalism of paramedics.
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