Explosive figures reveal for the first time 1 in 3 patients in emergency departments at hospitals across Brisbane aren’t being seen on time.

Ambulance ramping is at crisis levels with the numbers of patients left waiting on ramps, in hallways or along corridors on the rise.

Shockingly, there are almost 85,000 people on the crippling waiting list for specialist appointments and 1 in 3 patients are routinely not being seen on time.

The figures also show:

  • Logan has the highest rate of ambulance ramping in the south-east with 55% of all ambulances routinely stuck outside hospitals.

  • Ambulance ramping has risen 18% in the Redlands with 50% of all ambulances ramped.

  • In Logan, nearly half of all patients in emergency departments aren’t seen on time, at the Prince Charles Hospital it’s 37% and it’s 1 in 3 at Redcliffe, Caboolture, the Redlands and the QE11.

  • Thousands of elective surgery patients aren’t being seen on time with 13% of all patients at the PA left waiting.

  • More than 1 in 3 patients at the PA Hospital aren’t being seen on time for specialist surgery and the number is just as high at Logan and Caboolture.

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli said the staggering figures proved Queensland Health was in crisis.

“These shocking figures show the extent of the Queensland Health Crisis right across the state,” he said.

“Across Queensland, more than 1 in 3 patients are routinely stuck in ambulances outside hospitals, almost 250,000 Queenslanders are on the waiting list for the waiting list and a quarter of patients in emergency departments aren’t seen on time.

“It shows the State Government and the Health Minister aren’t listening to staff and patients on how to fix the Queensland Health crisis.

“Queenslanders deserve so much better than this.”

Shadow Health Minister and registered nurse Ros Bates said Queenslanders are dying in the arms of loved ones while waiting for an ambulance.

“For the Health Minister to say it is acceptable for Queenslanders to be waiting hours for an ambulance to turn up just shows how far she is out of her depth,” she said.

“Paramedics are crying out for help and have had to come up with their own solutions to try and put band aids on a system crumbling before our eyes.

“Meanwhile, thousands of patients in Brisbane can’t even get in the door to see a specialist.

“This is heaping more pressure on our health system and hardworking health workers who are straining under skyrocketing ambulance ramping and overcrowding in emergency departments.

“They’ve had enough of this Minister ignoring them, she must listen and she must act.”

Mr Crisafulli said our dedicated doctors, nurses and paramedics are heroes holding our hospitals together during the Queensland Health Crisis.

“The frontline staff want to take control back from Queensland Health, they want better resources, they want data shared in real time, they want to drive cultural change so that an ambulance doesn’t have to wait at the end of a ramp,” he said.

“These are just some of the solutions the LNP has put forward to heal the Queensland Health Crisis.

“Rather than making excuses, the Premier must finally start listening and start finding solutions.”