'Groundhog Day': Ambos demand Govt act on endless cycle of ramping

Paramedics say they’ve been “abandoned” by the Health Minister and are calling on him to “stand up to” the Treasurer to demand more money to fix ramping, after yet another day of ambulances and patients being forced into lengthy waits outside hospital emergency departments.

Angry doctors slam 'unethical' and 'harmful' RAH mental health services

EXCLUSIVE | A group of 28 “angry and frustrated” emergency specialist doctors from the Royal Adelaide Hospital has written to SA Health lamenting an ongoing lack of services and treatment delays for mental health patients, suggesting a Royal Commission might be the only way to fix the broken system.

Health Minister Stephen Wade. Photo: Kelly Barnes / AAP

Govt and doctors bicker over move to unclog emergency departments

The Health Minister has disputed doctors’ claims that the State Government didn’t properly consult them before rolling out a strategy to divert patients from public hospitals as ambulance ramping reached record highs.

Your views: on ramping and hospital bed cuts

Today, readers comment on the closure of 60 public hospital beds, while ambulance ramping outside reaches record heights.

Never mind the ramping, here's the hospital bed cuts

Days after revealing that ramping outside Adelaide public hospitals had reached a record high 2303 hours in September, the State Government is closing 32 beds at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and 16 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Ambulances spent 2303 hours ramped outside Adelaide hospitals last month

Patients were forced to wait in ambulances outside Adelaide’s crowded public hospital emergency departments for a staggering 2303 hours in September – the worst ramping figures in the state’s history.