Without overdue investment in primary care, Australia’s paramedics are left to prop up the system

It’s great to see the states backing emergency services and establishing alternatives to a trip to the ED – but the federal government needs to step upIt’s good to see the Victorian and New South Wales governments advocate to reform the primary care system – and even better to see their own investment in priority care centres, which are a missing link between state and federal systems. But this is the states investing where the federal government hasn’t.And the problems in the primary care system are having an impact on our paramedics and their patients. Continue reading...