Aeromedical services report calls for urgent overhaul of WA system, more rescue helicopters

An inquiry into WA's aeromedical services has called for a major overhaul. (ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt: Rachael Clifford)

A government inquiry into the handling of aeromedical services has found Western Australia will need more than double its current number of rescue helicopters to service the state in the future.

The 200-plus page report commissioned by WA's chief health officer and prepared by independent consultant Marcus Kennedy came in response to the death of a seaman off the coast of Port Hedland.