THE Health Services Union says the Hunter will be a "significant focus" when it comes time to determine where more than 2000 new paramedics will be dispatched, a win for the region's underresourced and overworked ambos.
The HSU announced on Sunday that, after five years of campaigning and industrial action to highlight the plight of the "worked to the bone" paramedic workforce, the state government had committed to a record $1.76 billion rescue package as part of the upcoming budget.
