Ambulance "ramping" takes nine crews off the road per day
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The equivalent of nine ambulances a day are unable to respond to call-outs because they're stuck outside emergency departments, unable to drop off patients.
It's known as ramping - the time crews spend waiting for patients to be admitted - and it's increased more than three-fold nationwide since 2019.
Ruth Hill reports.