The crisis in Queensland’s hospital system is again in the spotlight, with warnings of the continued strain on the system and ambulance ramping rife.

Recent reports paint a dire picture of the under pressure public health system.

President of the Australian Medical Association of Queensland, Dr Chris Perry, says fundamentally, it’s about more beds and increasing the capacity of hospitals.

But he says it’s the symptom of a historical problem.

“Ramping is the result of having insufficient beds,” he told Sofie Formica.

“So the best figure for this is that 28 years ago, there were 30 public hospital beds for every 1000 people over the age of 65, and now there’s 15.

“So essentially our bed numbers, for the people who use the hospital the most, which is the over 65s … has halved in 28 years.”

He says the problem is “under-sized hospitals”.

Around 1500 more beds are required in Queensland hospitals.

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