Pilot scheme to reduce ambulance delays implicated in past patient deaths

By Harriet Alexander
Updated September 29 2015 - 10:18am, first published September 17 2015 - 6:15pm
Paramedics will get back on the road more quickly under an RPA pilot scheme. Photo: Graham Tidy
Paramedics will get back on the road more quickly under an RPA pilot scheme. Photo: Graham Tidy
Ambulances parked outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Photo: Supplied
Ambulances parked outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Photo: Supplied

A pilot project to reduce ambulance delays was found to have contributed to two patient deaths when a similar scheme was tried a decade ago.

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