A parliamentary inquiry has recommended St John Ambulance take the next five years to improve its performance.

The inquiry was submitted on Thursday morning, stating that St John couldn’t meet its target response times in the past financial year. 

Libby Mettam, Shadow Health Minister, has told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings that St John’s ‘needs to step up’.

“We have been talking about the levels of hospital ramping since 2018/19,” she said.

“It is concerning that the new task force that the McGowan government has announced to look at our emergency departments also does not promise any real improvement in the short term.”

Ms Mettam said it was clear that there has been a push by the unions to see a takeover of St John.

“We know that the union have had their eyes on this for some time,”

“I’m sure that there would be many of the union members in parliament that would love to see a takeover of this service,

“When we are seeing code yellows on a regular basis across our hospital system, it is clear to everybody that (the government) is in no position to see a takeover of this service at this time.”

If the paramedic provider doesn’t improve its delivery, the government announced it would step in, or another provider could take over.

Press PLAY to hear the full interview with the WA Shadow Health minister on the parliamentary inquiry.