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Ambulance funding boost is a 'Band-Aid fix', union says

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 24 Oct 2024, 9:05am
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Ambulance funding boost is a 'Band-Aid fix', union says

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 24 Oct 2024, 9:05am

Some ambulance workers feel the Government's funding boost is too little, too late. 

The Government's increasing ambulance service funding by 6%. 

Hato Hone St John says the extra money has helped it settle pay disputes with unions, ending weeks of industrial action. 

First Union National Ambulance Coordinator Faye McCann told Mike Hosking that it hasn’t really fixed any of the problems they’re concerned about, but it has alleviated some of the financial burden people are facing.  

She says it’s definitely a Band-Aid fix.  

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