Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Ambulance Ramping Ambulance Ramping The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY Legislative Council Ambulance Ramping In reply to the Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (30 April 2019). The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing Ambulance Ramping The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing): I have been advised: There were 1,535 total hours lost due to delays in transfer of care across the state in March 2019, compared to 1,031 total hours lost due to delays in transfer of care across the state in March 2018. This was the lowest number of hours lost thus far for the 2019 calendar year. Following the stop ramping summit at Central Adelaide Local Health Network in February 2019 there was a 23 per cent reduction in the number of total hours lost due to delays in transfer of care between February and March 2019. It should be recognised that the number of ambulances arriving at metro sites increased by 1,457 (or 14 per cent) between March 2018 and March 2019.