00:03Ambulances frozen at Cairns Hospital last week, unable to hand over patients because
00:09there are no free beds or staff.
00:11They're stuck at hospitals, unable to respond to those people in need in the community.
00:15A paramedic who we aren't naming, lifting the veil on ramping in Logan.
00:20Telling ABC News, I experience it every day whilst at work.
00:25There's people out there who genuinely need an ambulance, critically, and they're not
00:30receiving that care.
00:32Ramping is entirely a symptom of a hospital system that's not working well.
00:38Behind hospital walls, staff are strained.
00:42Queensland emergency departments are under sustained pressure on a daily basis.
00:46The main thing that we need going forward from the state is increasing our acute hospital
00:50bed capacity.
00:51In campaign mode, David Crisofulli made three core health commitments.
00:56Promising to reduce ambulance ramping below 30 per cent by the end of this term.
01:02That means fewer than 30 per cent of patients waiting longer than half an hour to be transferred
01:08off a stretcher.
01:09In August, the statewide average was 42 per cent, a modest improvement compared with 2024
01:16under Labor when it was 44 per cent.
01:20It's much higher than we'd like.
01:22There's more work to be done, but the trend is showing that we are having an impact.
01:25So we keep working at it.
01:26And if not, will he resign?
01:29Well, let's see how we go first.
01:31Stabilising the elective surgery waiting list was another vow.
01:35I'm giving you an ironclad guarantee that it is going to improve year on year.
01:40The waiting list was lower in August, but more than 5,000 patients waited longer than
01:47recommended for their operation.
01:49Another pledge was sharing ED data in real time, but how meaningful is it?
01:54It's useless data.
01:56It doesn't reflect what's happening.
01:58It's not just Queensland.
02:00Health systems around the world are under pressure.
02:03Battling workforce shortages, chronic disease, ageing populations and inflation.
02:08But from opposition, the LNP set itself unequivocal targets.
02:14Meeting them in government is proving a challenge.
02:17Take pretensions
02:19Easier
02:19One
02:19Day
02:19John
