Mayor Heather Mutimer said there had been no response from the State Government and relevant ministers since the council wrote to them in July.

She said MPs Geoff Howard and Dianne Hadden had shown their support for the improved ambulance services.

"I will keep working on it," Cr Mutimer said.

This follows a report presented to the council from Ambulance Employees Australia, Victoria branch, stating that Hepburn Shire residents are more likely to die from a heart attack than city residents because of an ambulance shortage.

The report showed: the survival rate of cardiac arrests in the shire was 35 per cent below that of Melbourne; there was usually one paramedic on duty in the shire compared to up to six in Melbourne; the Daylesford ambulance station had the same capacity

as when it opened in 1969; and Creswick, Clunes and Trentham residents often wait 20 minutes or more for an ambulance.

Ambulance Employees Association Victorian deputy president Steve McGhie was concerned that the government had not responded to the council.

"I think they would expect a fairly prompt response since they raised the issue with the State Government," Mr McGhie said.

He said the shire's ambulance shortage was an ongoing issue.

"I am hoping the issue will be resolved at the elections," he said.