Premium Content Subscriber only Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates will fly into the Beef Capital to look at the problem of ramping at Rockhampton Base Hospital. Her trip was prompted by data showing the city was among the worst for ambulance ramping in Queensland: Rockhampton’s ramping has increased 27 per cent since February 2020 such that nearly half of all patients were not transferred off-stretcher within 30 minutes. Statewide, there has been an average ramping increase of 11 per cent within the same period. “The State Government is losing control of the health system,” Ms Bates claimed. “The Opposition has been inundated with health horror stories from honest Queenslanders since we raised the issue in state parliament.