Ambulance ramping data casts doubt over LNP promise to reduce wait times

Key points

• Ambulance ramping across Queensland's 26 major public hospital emergency departments sat at 42 per cent in August, according to latest Queensland Health data. That is 3.3 percentage points worse than July.
• The figure is only marginally better than the 43.9 per cent recorded in August 2024, before the Crisafulli Government took office. Premier David Crisafulli has tied his cabinet future to cutting ramping below 30 per cent before the 2028 election.
• Opposition leader Steven Miles said the figures would continue to worsen without growth funding, a workforce plan and new beds.