Ambulance Victoria

Ambulance Victoria
Agency overview
Formed1 July 2008; 16 years ago (2008-07-01)
Preceding agencies
  • Metropolitan Ambulance Service
  • Rural Ambulance Victoria
  • Alexandra District Ambulance Service
JurisdictionVictoria
HeadquartersDoncaster, Victoria, Australia
Employees4,123[1]
Annual budgetA$810.9 million (2015–2016)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Professor Shelley Dolan[1][3], Chief Executive Officer
Parent agencyDepartment of Health
Websitewww.ambulance.vic.gov.au

Ambulance Victoria (AV), a Victorian agency of the Department of Health, is the statutory provider of pre-hospital emergency care and ambulance services in Victoria. Ambulance Victoria was formed on 1 July 2008 with the merger of the Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS), Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV), and the Alexandra District Ambulance Service (ADAS).[4] Ambulance Victoria has undergone significant reform since 2008.

Ambulance Victoria provides emergency medical response to more than 5.9 million people in an area of more than 227,000 square kilometres.[1] During 2015–2016, Ambulance Victoria responded to 843,051 cases.[1]

In 2016, it was announced that 450 extra paramedics would be employed.[5]

The service is funded by fees for the cost of transport and treatment by paramedics. Members are entitled to free services. Some private health funds may refund the cost of membership, but many do not. Ambulance fees are not recoverable from Medicare or health funds.

  1. ^ a b c d e Ambulance Victoria. "Annual Report 2015-2016" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Minister for Ambulance Services". Victorian Government Directory. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Tony Walker appointed as CEO". Ambulance Victoria. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Vic ambulance services to be merged". ABC News. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. ^ "450 New Paramedics On The Road To Put People First" (Press release). Premier of Victoria. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.