SA Ambulance Service

430 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (31 March 2021). What was the transfer of care (TOC) lost hours/delays (>30 minutes) for ambulances (in total monthly hours) for the months of:

(a) January 2021?

(b) February 2021?

(c) March 2021?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

The transfer of care (TOC) lost hours/delays (> 30 minutes) for ambulances (in total monthly hours) is as follows:

(a) January 2021–1,719 TOC lost hours

(b) February 2021–1,992 TOC lost hours

(c) March 2021–2,098 TOC lost hours

The government does recognise that ambulance capacity is an issue and is working with the Department for Health and Wellbeing to explore how we can create capacity through resources and importantly by doing things differently. The government is implementing a range of strategies to provide alternative care pathways, to increase free bed capacity in our hospitals and improve patient flow through timely discharges.