Queensland Health Crisis continues to worsen under Labor
Queenslanders are spending up to 10 hours ramped in ambulances outside Queensland Hospitals, unable to get medical help inside Emergency Departments, it has been revealed.
New data revealed in a Question on Notice has exposed the shocking ambulance ramping patients experienced between May and September.
The alarming wait-times reveal the Queensland Health Crisis continues to worsen under Labor.
The longest times patients spent ramped at hospitals between May and September include:
9hrs 54 mins in June 2023 at Ipswich Hospital
9hrs 52 mins in July 2023 at Ipswich Hospital
9hrs 46 mins in May 2023 at Redland Hospital
8hrs 49mins in July 2023 at Princess Alexandra Hospital
8hrs 49mins in May 2023 at Princess Alexandra Hospital
8hrs 48mins in May 2023 at Redland Hospital
8hrs 40mins in August 2023 at Redland Hospital
8hrs 36 mins in June 2023 at Princess Alexandra Hospital
8hrs 32mins in July 2023 at Redland Hospital
Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli said Labor’s poor planning, under-resourcing and wrong priorities was leaving Queenslanders without ambulances in their hour of need.
“Queenslanders are sick of waiting for ambulances and sick of waiting for Labor to fix the Queensland Health Crisis,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“Despite the heroic efforts of our doctors, nurses and paramedics to hold the system together, Queensland Health is simply falling apart at the seams.
“Queenslanders deserve to know an ambulance will show up in their hour of need and they won’t be stuck waiting on the end of a hospital ramp.
“What will it take for Labor to finally revive our ailing health system, when we have the worst ambulance ramping in the nation?
“Only the LNP has the Right Priorities for Queensland’s Future, including easier access to health services by driving-down ambulance ramping and healthcare waitlists.”
Shadow Health Minister and Registered Nurse Ros Bates said Queenslanders were paying a high price for Labor’s wrong priorities.
“Paramedics didn’t study to spend an entire shift at the end of an ambulance ramp, unable to get to urgent calls for help,” Ms Bates said.
“Ambulance ramping isn't simply a number, there are very real consequences when ambulances are ramped for hours on end and it’s costing Queenslanders their lives.
“These shocking waits are the result of Labor’s wrong priorities and failure to resource and run our health system.
“This is another sign of our flat-lining health system, struggling under the weight of Labor’s chaos and crisis.
“The LNP has put solutions on the table to heal the Queensland Health Crisis including more resources, better triaging, releasing data in real-time and putting doctors and nurses back in charge to improve patient care.”
