The announcement, made on 21 April, contained $185.7m in statewide funding. The funding included a new ambulance helicopter for south west Victoria, a dedicated retrieval helicopter to bring critically ill or injured adults, children or babies from regional hospitals to specialist care in Melbourne as well as funding for 260 new paramedics and the introduction of more than 20 new ambulance teams.
In addition to the funding, the very way the state's ambulance services work was proposed to be changed with Metropolitan Ambulance Service and Rural Ambulance Victoria becoming one organisation, Ambulance Victoria. On 26 May this decision was confirmed, with one service commencing operation on 1 July.
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