Criticism of the emergency services: alarm sales explosion and increasing operating times!
Criticism of the emergency services: alarm sales explosion and increasing operating times!
The emergency services in Styria are under pressure: The state development center criticizes the compliance with the prescribed travel time of a maximum of 15 minutes in emergency operations. On average, this only succeeds in 85 percent of the missions, in some regions such as Murau or in the Upper Ennstal, times are even significantly longer. While the Green Cross promises to comply with the deadlines, the Court of Auditors sees serious deficits in the Red Cross, which acts as a coordinator for emergency doctor, rescue and patient transport. This leads to conflicts of interest and a ambiguity in the billing in terms of both the financing and the efficiency of the emergency services. According to the report, the total costs for the rescue system in Styria last year were at least 73 million euros, with an increase in payments by the country by 81 percent within six years, whereby the expenses for ambulances were classified as inefficient, reports .
growing challenges in Vorarlberg
Similar challenges are shown in Vorarlberg, where the State Technology Court examined the development of the rescue fund from 2019 to 2023. The report emphasizes the enormous increases in costs: While the issuance of the rescue fund of 6.6 million euros in 2017 increased to a planned budget of 17.7 million euros for 2024, the analysis assumes that more than half of the missions in Vorarlberg are eliminated. Significant cost increases result from employment of additional full -time staff and salary adjustments. The concerns regarding these expenses increase in view of the demographic development, because a good 39 percent of the missions affect people over 80 years, as The Landes-Rechnungshof Vorarlberg . There is a need for action not only in financing, but also in the strategic direction of the emergency services in order to meet the increasing requirements.| Details | |
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| Ort | Murau, Österreich |
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