Quarterly figures recently released for Warrnambool, Moyne and Glenelg local government areas show the region's ambulance response times have slowed.

The average response time to time-critical (code 1) incidents increased by over two minutes in all three local government areas, while the number of ambulances responding within 15 minutes fell by .10 per cent in Warrnambool, 8.9 in Glenelg and 10.10 in Moyne.

Wait times for urgent (code 2) cases increased by over two minutes in Warrnambool and Glenelg and over 90 seconds in Moyne.

South West Coast MP Roma Britnell said the response times were the worst since the Labour Government came to power.

"The lives of locals in the south-west are being put at risk at the hands of the Andrews Labor Government and its growing ambulance crisis," she said.

"I have had contact from constituents who waited two hours for an ambulance - then two showed up at the same time - one from over 70 kilometres away."

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Ms Britnell said local paramedics told her they were "under resourced and are being stretched to their limits".

"We need proper investment and resourcing in Ambulance Victoria to ensure it's a reliable service the South West Coast community can rely on when it matters most," she said.

Opposition Minister for Health Georgie Crozier said the response times were unacceptable.

"The people of South West Coast should not be left to wain in pain and agony any longer." she said.

Information obtained from the state government revealed that in the last quarter there were more than 36,000 callers to 000 who did not need an emergency ambulance and were instead connected to more appropriate primary care services.

Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Martin Foley said the coronavirus pandemic had a lasting impact with more emergency department presentations, more ambulance callouts and less people seeing their GPs.

He said the Victorian Budget 2021/22 would deliver more than $759 million in funding for more paramedics, more triage, care and support staff for Ambulance Victoria, as well as targeted funding to improve flow in our busy emergency departments.

The funds will also help deliver new paramedics and additional support staff.

The state government will invest $266 million in Ambulance Victoria to support them with things like additional triage nurses, an expansion to secondary triage services and non-emergency patient transfers.

It will also help deliver new paramedics and additional support staff.

Another $204.3 million investment will bolster Ambulance Victoria's resources through programs like Telehealth and will deliver ongoing operational improvements across the state.

The funding will build on the more than 250 paramedics already recruited by Ambulance Victoria since November 2020 and the more than $1 billion in funding for Ambulance Victoria since 2015.

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