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Decrease in ambulance ramping in Queensland, but health system remains under pressure

There was a three-percentage-point increase from the September quarter. (ABC News: Curtis Rodda)

The percentage of people left languishing on ambulance stretchers for more than 30 minutes before being admitted to Queensland public hospital emergency departments (ED) decreased in the December quarter.

The latest public hospital performance data for October, November and December shows 59 per cent of patients were transferred from an ambulance stretcher to an ED bed within half an hour.

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