Australia?s hospitals overwhelmed and ?about to get much worse?, warns AMA - The Guardian Australia

Australians seeking emergency treatment within 30 minutes only had a one-in-three chance of being seen on time in the ACT, the report found, while patients in South Australia and Western Australia had a one-in-two chance, and New South Wales patients had a 75% chance.

Just 69% of Australians hoping to leave the emergency department in four hours or sooner were treated within the timeframes, even though the number of patients dropped by 1.4% from 2019 to 2020.

And despite there being a hold on non-urgent elective surgeries, only 75% of category 2 patients were treated within the recommended timeframe.

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