Motions
Ambulance ramping
Notice of motion
Hon Michelle Hofmann gave notice that at the next sitting of the house she would move:
That this house:
(a) expresses grave concern at the record levels of ambulance ramping in our state, including the unprecedented 7,009 hours recorded in July 2025;
(b) notes that:
(i) the Labor government came to office in March 2017 promising to improve the performance of the health system when monthly ambulance ramping had never exceeded 2,300 hours;
(ii) under successive Labor Ministers for Health—Hon Roger Cook, Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson and Meredith Hammat—monthly ambulance ramping hours have escalated exponentially to record highs;
(iii) and persistent ramping delays have been linked to adverse patient outcomes, increased stress on paramedics and an overall decline in emergency response capability;
(c) is not confident that the government is treating this issue with the level of priority it requires;
(d) rebukes the Premier for his dismissive attitude towards concerns raised throughout the community, which was particularly on display in his refusal to even read a short letter of concern from the Leader of the Opposition, Basil Zempilas MLA; and
(e) calls on the Premier without delay to:
(i) apologise to the people of Western Australia for ambulance ramping having worsened so dramatically during his tenure as either Minister for Health, Deputy Premier or Premier;
(ii) review the model he imposed following the 2025 state election, which now sees the health portfolio split between a multitude of ministers; and
(iii) personally take responsibility to ensure that his new health minister makes this her top priority, prepares a plan, executes it, and reports on it monthly to Parliament until it is under control.
