Almost half of all patients waited more than half an hour in an ambulance before being admitted to a hospital in southeast Queensland in December.
Queensland Ambulance Service figures show ramping rose two percent to more than 46 percent of patients in the heavily-populated southeast between November and December 2021.
There was a major COVID-19 wave in December after the state’s domestic borders were reopened, but ramping was still above 44 percent in the southeast in October.
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath released data in response to a question from Liberal National Party health spokeswoman Rose Bates in the state parliament in March.
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