The data has been recorded over the second quarter of 2025/26, from October to December of 2025, and is compared with data recorded from July to September, 2025.
In December last year, response times in the region were raised in parliament when state Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland posed a question to Ambulance Services Minister Mary-Anne Thomas.
She asked whether the latest quarterly data showed a deterioration in response times for Code One incidents in regional Victoria, and how many additional paramedics, vehicles and resources would be deployed to regional areas over the next 12 months.
She said this question remained unanswered.
“This is not a political game — it’s about life and death in our regional communities,” Ms Cleeland said.
“Families across our region deserve to know what the government is doing to ensure an ambulance arrives quickly when someone is experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
“When someone calls 000, they shouldn’t have to worry about whether they live in the city or the country.
“Regional Victorians pay their taxes just like everyone else, and they deserve the same timely access to emergency care.”
In Benalla, 58.2 per cent of ambulance responses to Code One emergencies were within the 15-minute target, while in the Strathbogie Shire, the figure sits at 32.7 per cent.
The goal for Ambulance Victoria is to respond to 85 per cent of Code One incidents within 15 minutes.
A spokesperson said the government continued to invest in paramedics and emergency care across the state.
“The Member for Euroa has trouble with the truth, but Victorians will never forget when the Liberals and Nationals went to war with our ambos and cut health services,” they said.
“Only Labor backs our ambos and hospitals with record investment, so Victorians can get timely, high-quality care when and where they need it — including more than 40 new paramedics in the Hume region last financial year.
“Our standards are improving response times across Victoria — including in the Hume region.”
The government last year released the Standards for Safe and Timely Ambulance and Emergency Care, which set out to improve patient flow and reduce pressure on emergency departments.
The Hume Local Health Service Network is beginning to apply these new standards and is participating in the statewide Timely Emergency Care 2 initiative.
Ambulance response time data is released every three months, with the figures from January to March 2026 to be published soon.
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