HUNTER-BASED Liberal MLC Robyn Parker says the State Government has failed to support most of the 45 recommendations made last year by an Upper House inquiry into the ambulance service.
She was backed by Health Services Union organiser Peter Rumball, who said it was galling for a union and its members to be treated so badly by a Labor government.
Ms Parker, who chairs the legislative council standing committee that conducted the inquiry, said yesterday the Government was ignoring the documented need for substantial change "from the top down of the ambulance service".
The inquiry had investigated allegations of bullying and harassment and found that ambulance officers had extremely low morale and no faith in their senior managers.
Ms Parker said that about the only thing the Government agreed to was a review of progress in ambulance reforms a year after the inquiry finished its business in October last year.
"That inquiry is now just five months away and we will see what has happened by then," Ms Parker said.
"Health Minister John Della Bosca says he is already addressing the issues.
"If that's true, why am I still receiving calls from distressed ambulance officers?"
Ms Parker said the committee had three Labor MLCs, two Liberals, a Green and an Independent, Gordon Moyes.
She said the committee split along party lines during its deliberations last year, with the three ALP members producing a dissenting report.
In its official response tabled this week, the Government said the three Australian Labor Party members did not support 11 of the 45 recommendations made by their colleagues.
The Government response said some claims made to the committee lacked evidence or were not tested by the inquiry.
"Assurances given by the director-general of health and the ambulance service chief executive officer that concerns were being addressed were not recognised in the conclusions," the Government said in response.