NSW Health has an extensive support program in place to assist staff including nurses and paramedics when they experience stressful or traumatic situations in their work. This includes a requirement from NSW Health that all health entities implement an Employee Assistance Program that provides an early intervention strategy for staff in order to assist them to identify and resolve professional, personal, health or work related issues.
In 2017, the Government also announced a $48 million investment in paramedic support which included $30 million to enhance health and wellbeing initiatives.
