The funding was unveiled by Associate Minister of Health Casey Costello and Minister for ACC Matt Doocey.
“Hato Hone St John provides an essential service by ensuring people receive timely treatment in an emergency. This is a significant uplift in a constrained financial environment,” said Costello.
The new funding brings the total support from Health New Zealand and ACC for the financial year 2024/25 to nearly $357 million. This investment will be directed toward sustaining the delivery of emergency road ambulance services across New Zealand.
Doocey said the funding was crucial for maintaining access to emergency health care.
“We know that adequate funding of our road ambulance services is essential to ensuring New Zealanders have access to emergency health care.”
Costello also expressed relief over the resolution of negotiations with St John’s unions, ensuring that no further industrial action would disrupt services.
“We know Health NZ and ACC have worked closely with Hato Hone St John to minimise disruption and ensure essential services remain available,” she said.
Broadcaster Chris Lynch is an award winning journalist who also produces Christchurch news and video content for domestic and international companies. Chris blogs at Chris Lynch Media - where this article was sourced.
The new funding brings the total support from Health New Zealand and ACC for the financial year 2024/25 to nearly $357 million. This investment will be directed toward sustaining the delivery of emergency road ambulance services across New Zealand.
Doocey said the funding was crucial for maintaining access to emergency health care.
“We know that adequate funding of our road ambulance services is essential to ensuring New Zealanders have access to emergency health care.”
Costello also expressed relief over the resolution of negotiations with St John’s unions, ensuring that no further industrial action would disrupt services.
“We know Health NZ and ACC have worked closely with Hato Hone St John to minimise disruption and ensure essential services remain available,” she said.
Broadcaster Chris Lynch is an award winning journalist who also produces Christchurch news and video content for domestic and international companies. Chris blogs at Chris Lynch Media - where this article was sourced.
8 comments:
A move in the right direction for this vital community service. Although a relatively small amount, at least it will show their hard working front line volunteers that their efforts have been acknowledged by those in Wellington.
I’m guessing $21m is the amount of money St John lost when they changed their name to Hone Hato and alienated their donors.
St John is an Organization, that when given this level of Financial support, from the Tax payer $, needs an "outside accounting system" to review expenditure.
I wonder how many "readers" of this article will know, that should a "person have the onset of
[1] - a medical event (new and undiagnosed)
[2] - a diagnosed medical issue (e.g. respiratory/heart)
either of above has the patient transported to a hospital ED, you will get a bill for services rendered".
Only accidents are covered by ACC.
Also with [1] & [2] above, should the Ambulance crew transport
you to your Doctor and/or a Medical center - you will receive a bill for services rendered.
Please understand the $$$'s being allocated are to cover "other" financial issues, the main one being Wages/Salaries, then vehicle costs, equipment purchases - this being to replace consumables used, and/or purchase of equipment/or replacement of (e.g. defibrillator's (unless donated).
Also, now that this money has been allocated, watch the Unions come back again seeking increase in wages.
How much taxpayers money is being spent on all the woke signage in te reo ?
I considered donating an ambulance - absolutely no way now.
Isn't it sad that great organizations can be ruined by their indoctrinated woke management ?
Funny that, I was about to make exactly the same comment. Can we please have the name changed back again? Unless and until it does, my donations have ceased.
$21m - about a fifth of what originally was earmarked for te reo learning. I wonder which one is more useful and who gets to set the priorities? A bit like that cancer drug funding.
And as anon@8.21 says, how much has been lost through the ridiculous and entirely inappropriate name change?
This topic was covered many months ago, there was one guy here who mentioned he had left $100k to st John but now wasn't. I too have stopped supporting them until they get back on track and put patient's first instead of their wokeness.
Also, being that St Johns is an international organisation, how much is the annual fee to the overseas headquarters? (Much like Lions and Rotary have to pay fees to the overseas parent organisation)
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