The boss of the NSW Ambulance Service has defended his paramedics in the wake of claims slow response times have led to a spate of deaths around the state.
Ambulance Service Commissioner Ray Creen says each day 3330 calls are made by patients to triple zero and emergency crews always try their "very best to get to patients as quickly as we possibly can".
His comments come after NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner said the government would look into claims three people have died waiting for ambulances in the past six weeks as a result of slow responses from emergency crews.
Health Services Union NSW secretary Gerard Hayes says paramedics routinely have to wait outside hospitals for patients to be transferred into hospital.
Share
