The city of Maribyrnong has recorded the quickest ambulance response time out of eight north-western municipalities, latest figures show.
Figures for July 1 to September 30 show that 88.3 per cent of ambulances responded within 15 minutes in Maribyrnong, with the average time being 10 minutes and 31 seconds.
Ambulance Victoria’s benchmark for life-saving code 1 responses is 85 per cent arriving within 15 minutes. The Maribyrnong average was a 48-second improvement compared to the same period last year.
In Hobsons Bay, 85.5 per cent of ambulances arrived within 15 minutes, with the average being 11 minutes and 19 seconds. This was
52 seconds quicker than the same period last year.
Williamstown MP Wade Noonan said under the previous Liberal government in 2014, the average ambulance response times for code 1 emergencies was 12.29 minutes in Hobsons Bay and 11.28 minutes in Maribyrnong.
“Labor’s heavy investments in our ambulance service, including employing 450 additional paramedics, are helping to turn around the former Liberal government’s ambulance crisis,” Mr Noonan said.
“Both Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong ambulance response times have shown steady improvement.”
The average response times from fastest to slowest were Maribyrnong (10.31), Moreland (11.09), Brimbank (11.10), Hobsons Bay (11.19), Moonee Valley (12.01), Hume (12.16), Wyndham (12.29) and Melton (12.48).
Ambulance Victoria chief executive Tony Walker said the period covered the peak of one of the worst flu seasons on record and showed the system coped.
He said the likelihood of more major incidents and extreme weather events would continue to test the system.
