Ambulance Ramping

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): Final supplementary: in relation to the issue of ramping that was mentioned in the answer, were public hospitals ramping on 12 July, the day that ambulance volunteer Jason Mountstephen died while waiting for an ambulance to arrive?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:26): In terms of ramping, the common phrase is 'lost hours, transfer of care'. There is often ambulance ramping. There are often hours lost in transfer of care. It would be an unusual day where there was no hour lost across the system in terms of ambulance ramping. It is my understanding that on that day there were hours lost in transfer of care.