INQ285

Recommendations for this Inquiry

INQ-ref REC-UID CODE SubCode SrcNUM Recommendation
INQ285 REC285-2517 A - Responsibility 38 - Agency/Department Reporting Recommendation 1

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania collects data to allow regular and meaningful comparison of clinical outcomes at the regional level, to better allocate resources and to rapidly identify problems.
INQ285 REC285-2518 A - Responsibility 38 - Agency/Department Reporting Recommendation 2

The report recommends that regional summary reports of clinical reviews be standardised to facilitate review and comparison across regions.
INQ285 REC285-2519 E - Agency Organisation 12 - EM agency and authority Recommendation 3

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania develop strategies to improve response times to those of other jurisdictions and undertake cost benefit analysis of those strategies before deciding on implementation.
INQ285 REC285-2520 A - Responsibility 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review Recommendation 4

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania investigate whether the additional resources in the North and North West regions were effective in reducing average response times.
INQ285 REC285-2521 E - Agency Organisation 36 - Volunteers Recommendation 5

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania investigate whether higher proportions of volunteers were impacting on mobilisation times in the North.
INQ285 REC285-2522 E - Agency Organisation 12 - EM agency and authority Recommendation 6

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania reinforce the requirement to record factors contributing to response time outliers and the remedial action undertaken to address the contributing factors.
INQ285 REC285-2523 E - Agency Organisation 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform Recommendation 7

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania regularly reviews its emergency and urgent determinants methodology to ensure that it continues to be best practice and in accordance with requirements of the National Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch.
INQ285 REC285-2524 A - Responsibility 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review Recommendation 8

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania investigate why the level of multiple responses had increased.
INQ285 REC285-2525 A - Responsibility 38 - Agency/Department Reporting Recommendation 9

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania outline what KPIs are measured and provide targets or benchmarks to define what is good or poor performance.