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Established pursuant to the Ambulance Services Act, 1976 (NSW) and operating within the Health Services Act, 1997 (NSW), the service provides clinical care and health related transport services to over 7.9 million people in New South Wales (NSW), across an area of 801,600 square kilometres (309,500 sq mi). [1]
Before 1969, Australia did not have a national telephone number for emergency services; the police, fire and ambulance services had many telephone numbers, one for each local unit. In 1961, the Postmaster-General's Department started introducing the 000 telephone number in major population centres, and during the 1960s, extended its coverage to ...
112 – emergency number across the European Union and on GSM mobile networks across the world; 119 – emergency number in Jamaica and parts of Asia; 122 – emergency number for specific services in several countries; 911 – emergency number in North America and parts of the Pacific; 999 – emergency number in many countries
Commencing 30 December 2020, New South Wales Ambulance will be dispatching a number of emergency services (including the State Emergency Service) alongside NSW Ambulance to suspected cardiac or respiratory arrest medical emergencies where under the Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program.
112 – Alternative access to Emergency Services (Police, Fire, Ambulance; diallable from GSM mobile phones only) 119x – Information services (e.g. 1194 was time and 1196 was weather (both disabled from 1 October 2019)) 12 – Network services 1221 – International faults reporting service; 1222 – Call costs and enquiries service
The Service's trained rescuers also support the full-time emergency services during major disasters. [16] The NSW SES also assist other emergency services when they are performing major operations. These services include the New South Wales Police Force, NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW and New South Wales Ambulance.
Ambulance responses in the UK are as follows. Some ambulance services allow driver discretion for Category 3/4 calls; this may be dependent on the type of call or how long it has been waiting for a response for. 999 calls to the ambulance service are triaged using either the NHS Pathways system or the Medical Priority Dispatch System.
The Ministry also monitors the performance of the state-wide health organisations that collectively make up NSW Health. [5] [6] It is primarily responsible for the public health system in New South Wales, particularly through public hospitals as well as associated agencies and statutory authorities, such as the NSW Ambulance service.