07-24-2022, 06:14 AM
Interesting perspective:
‘Health system in distress’: how ambulance ramping became a major problem, The Guardian.
In short, ambulance ramping is a problem across the States and increasing the number of ambulances isn’t the silver bullet. Access bottlenecks due to shortages of hospital staff and beds and the aged care sector’s reliance on hospitals were exacerbated by Covid.
‘Health system in distress’: how ambulance ramping became a major problem, The Guardian.
In short, ambulance ramping is a problem across the States and increasing the number of ambulances isn’t the silver bullet. Access bottlenecks due to shortages of hospital staff and beds and the aged care sector’s reliance on hospitals were exacerbated by Covid.


