A parliamentary committee has heard the state's health system remains under severe pressure despite extra ambulances leading to improved response times. One emergency doctor told the committee more ambulances in the system hasn't stopped ramping at hospitals.
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00:00A celebration for new nurses and midwives, beginning their postgraduate training in Adelaide's
00:08north.
00:09So I'm only five weeks in but honestly I've never felt more supported.
00:13While the health minister was highlighting the best February ambulance response times
00:17since COVID, a parliamentary committee was being told the state's health system remains
00:22under severe strain.
00:24A senior emergency doctor saying more ambulances doesn't mean less waiting.
00:28Now if you have more ambulances, there's more ambulances to ramp so the number will go up.
00:35The doctor's union is concerned that clinicians aren't being consulted about how to improve
00:39the situation.
00:41Along the way we've lost sight that clinicians are the ones who are best placed to provide
00:45care to patients and watching what's happening now I'm very worried that the tail of the
00:53dog is wagging health.
00:55The opposition will very much be taking the lead from clinicians as to us forming our
01:00policies at the next election.
01:02We are doing every single thing that we possibly can to improve our performance, to reduce
01:07ramping and to make sure that patients get seen on time including hiring these massive
01:12numbers of new nurses to staff massive numbers of extra beds.
01:16New staff needed to improve a system continually under strain.