PERSL Members – Essential Service – COVID-19

PERSL – COVID-19 – Essential Service

PERSL Chairman Phil Wait on behalf of PERSL Members submitted to State and Federal Health and Emergency Service Ministers the request for confirmation that PERSL members were classified as an Essential Services in the current COVID-19 pandemic.

PERSL is the Australian peak body representing manufacturers, suppliers, monitoring services and consumers of 24/7 monitored Medical Alarms and Personal Response Services (PRS).

We wish to draw your attention to the fact that medical monitoring services need to continue to operate during this emergency in order to protect aged and at-risk persons in the community.

PERSL requests that all companies involved in the provision of medical alarm services in Australia be classed as an Essential Service.

PERSL – COVID-19 – Essential Service