00:01A state of emergency in the state's emergency departments.
00:06ED presentations from October to December last year reached more than 820,000 attendances,
00:13the highest quarter ever recorded.
00:16Our hard-working staff in emergency departments are clearly stretched.
00:20Only half of the patients at Blacktown, Nepean and Fairfield emergency departments received treatment on time.
00:27Westmead Hospital was the worst performer.
00:30The latest data also reveals an unprecedented number of patients.
00:34More than 79,000 left the emergency departments before completing treatment.
00:39That is simply not true. We've dug into that data.
00:44The trigger falls into this category is that they may not wait for a discharge summary.
00:49The government blames bed block for the backlog in our hospitals.
00:521,100 patients now stuck in our hospitals who don't need to be there, shouldn't be there and should be
01:01in a residential aged care support place or receiving support through the NDIS.
01:07Paramedics too are feeling the strain with a record number of ambulance calls and incidents.
01:12Our paramedics and our members have told us that they've never been busier as the call volume and the incidents
01:20of people needing an ambulance continues to outstrip demand.
01:24A health system under more pressure than ever.
01:28A health system under more pressure.
01:28A health system under more pressure.
01:29A health system underидual treatment could not be used by the emergency department if they were not alone.
01:30The ministry with a councillor can be used by the all-operative treatment Hippie Hale.
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