Ambulance Ramping

In reply to the Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) ().7 March 2023).

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

The Malinauskas Labor government has been very clear, both before and after the election, that our number one priority is to fix the ramping crisis.

The Liberals left the health system in disarray and now our government is doing the hard work to turn the system around.

We are opening every hospital bed possible to improve patient flow, and we are investing a record $2.4 billion to open more than 550 additional beds, recruit hundreds more doctors, nurses and ambos and build and upgrade key health infrastructure to provide the capacity our healthcare system needs.