PRESSURE is growing on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to urgently adopt the LNP’s solutions to curb the escalating ambulance ramping crisis affecting patients in Toowoomba
The latest State Government figures have exposed a growing trend at Toowoomba Hospital which should prompt the Health Minister to finally act.
In a sign of more chaos and crisis under Labor, Toowoomba Hospital recorded Queensland’s highest quarterly increase of 13% this year.
The data from the second quarter of 2023 revealed ramping at Toowoomba Hospital is now 33%.
Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates said the alarming new figures should send shockwaves across the Darling Downs and prompt the Palaszczuk Labor Government to admit they’ve lost control of Queensland Health.
“A 13% per cent quarterly rise is the highest increase in regional Queensland and proves the Palaszczuk Labor Government can’t be trusted to heal the Queensland Health Crisis because of the chaos and crisis that has consumed them,” Ms Bates said.
“The LNP has put health 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.
“What more will it take for Shannon Fentiman to start listening to Toowoomba patients and hospital staff?
“Ambulance ramping was 15% in Queensland when the Palaszczuk Labor Government took office, in Toowoomba it’s now 33%.
“As a registered nurse and former hospital administrator, I know how frustrating it is for patients and paramedics who are forced to spend hours at the end of an ambulance ramp before receiving treatment.
“Patient care must always be the top priority.
“After eight years, three terms and four Health Ministers, the Palaszczuk Labor Government has stopped listening to Queenslanders.”