Finance
Health and Community Services
November 14, 2009
Tentative Agreement Reached With Private Ambulance
Operators
Today, the Honourable Tom
Marshall, Minister of Finance and President of Treasury
Board, announced a tentative agreement has been reached
with the province�s private ambulance operators.
�This is good news for
the operators and the people of Newfoundland and
Labrador,� said Minister Marshall. �We feel that a fair
and reasonable contract has been reached with the
operators - one that continues to demonstrate our
government�s commitment to ensuring quality and
sustainable services across the province today and for
the future.�
The tentative agreement
offers an approximate 35 per cent increase in funding
over a four-year period.
�Tentative agreements
reached with both private and community ambulance
operators will ensure stability in our ambulance
operations in the province during a critical time in our
health care system,� said the Honourable Jerome Kennedy,
Minister of Health and Community Services.
The Provincial Ambulance
Operators Executive Board represents 28 operators across
the province. These operators run 108 ambulances that
conduct approximately 31,000 trips totaling
approximately 5.3 million kilometres annually.
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Media contacts:
Ronalda Walsh
Director of Communications
Department of Finance
709-729-6830, 685-1741
ronaldawalsh@gov.nl.ca |
Tansy Mundon
Director of Communications
Department of Health and
Community Services
709-729-1377, 685-2646
tansymundon@gov.nl.ca |
2009 11 14
6:05 p.m.
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