February ambulance ramping figures up almost 40% on last year

Despite very few COVID-19 cases in hospitals, ambulance ramping has spiked almost 40% on the same time last year. St John’s Ambulance WA recorded 4351 hours of ambulance ramping outside our hospitals for February, up from the 3156 hours recorded in February 2021. It’s also considerably higher than the 3676 hours recorded in January 2022.…