Dr. Steve Thomas asks WA Police about the time spent attending ambulances ramped outside hospitals in both metropolitan and regional areas between 2019-2022. The Police Force responded that this data is not tracked in their dispatch system.

AnsweredQoN 1229Legislative Council
Asked
14 February 2023
Portfolio
Police

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I refer to the ramping of ambulances at state hospitals and I ask for each year of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and I ask: (a) how many hours did WA Police spend in each year attending ambulances ramped outside hospitals in the Perth metropolitan region; and (b) how many hours did WA Police spend in each year attending ambulances ramped outside hospitals in the state's regional police districts?

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Answered
14 March 2023
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Response time
6 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise that the agency cannot provide a response to these questions as ‘ambulance ramping’ is not captured as an incident type in the police dispatch system.

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