Answers to Questions

EMT AMBULANCE SERVICES

7 Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (16 September 2008).

1. Has EMT Ambulance Services been issued with a licence to transport patients by ambulance to and from health facilities and if so, when?

2. How many times have EMT Ambulance Services, while acting under licence, referred patients to SA Ambulance services between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008, as required by clause (d) of the licence dated 1 April 2007?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts): I have been advised:

1. EMT Ambulance South Australia has been issued with a license on 31 March 2008 for the period ending 31 May 2008.

2. SA Ambulance Service has one referral specifically logged from EMT Ambulance South Australia during that period. However, there may have been other referrals which were not identified to the call taker as being from, or arranged by, EMT Ambulance South Australia.