No Emergency Ambulance Fees for Wellington

No Emergency Ambulance Fees for Wellington

Wellington Free Ambulance has moved today to assure all Wellingtonians that the ambulance service in Wellington will remain free-to-the-patient, as it has been since 1927.

This assurance has come on the back of St John raising prices to unprecedented new levels.

Wellington Free Ambulance Chief Executive Alan O'Beirne said “It is our belief at Wellington Free Ambulance that there should be no barriers to accessing healthcare and this includes worrying about the cost of calling for an ambulance in an emergency”.

Mr O’Beirne believes that ambulance services in New Zealand should be free-to-the-patient.

"The capital's iconic ambulance service is pioneering a model of care that is unique to our region and is world class in its delivery.

Wellington Free Ambulance currently provides the country's only free emergency ambulance service to all Wellingtonians.

Mr O'Beirne said patients should not have to worry about paying for ambulance services in their time of need and if Wellington Free Ambulance operated in other regions, those patients wouldn’t have to worry about paying for ambulance care either in their time of need.

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