Shannon Fentiman must go
Steven Miles must sack Shannon Fentiman today.
Yesterday’s disgraceful performance by the Health Minister was straight out of the Fentiman playbook.
Make commitments, break commitments; failing to protect those under her care; concoct a data scam to protect herself.
She did the same thing when she was Child Safety Minister when she oversaw horrific outcomes for Queensland children.
Instead of protecting those kids, she decided to "wash the data".
As Health Minister, Shannon Fentiman has been blatantly misleading Queenslanders about the true state of the Health Crisis.
She pretended and claimed things were getting better, when we now know that's not true.
She claimed she would get ambulance ramping down to pre-pandemic levels, instead, it has soared to the worst it’s ever been in history.
The people she promised to protect are now worse off than ever before.
At least Yvette D'Ath was upfront about the state of the health system as it declined.
In fact, when Yvette D’Ath was sacked, ambulance ramping was 43%.
Now it’s 45.5% under Fentiman.
When Yvette D’Ath was sacked, 58,446 patients were waiting on the elective surgery waitlist, now there’s 60,038 patients under Fentiman.
When Yvette D’Ath was sacked, 281,697 patients were languishing on the specialist waitlist, now it’s 289,960 patients under Fentiman.
Her response has been to, "change the narrative" and once again concoct a data scam to protect herself.
Shannon Fentiman can invent new metrics, wash the data and change the narrative - but that won't change the fact ambulance ramping in Queensland is the worst in the nation and under Fentiman it is now the worst in history.
She promised Queenslanders bringing down ramping was her number one focus.
These results, the worst in Queensland history, show one of two things.
She’s either incompetent at her job or her focus isn’t on improving the health system at all, her focus is snatching the Premier’s job.
Fentiman’s wrong priorities is to the detriment of every Queenslander who should be able to rely on the state’s public health system.
What we have seen from Shannon Fentiman is deceit and maladministration that is putting the lives of Queenslanders at risk.
It’s clear, Fentiman must go and she must go now.
It’s clear the only way to heal the health system is to change the government, because only the LNP has the Right Priorities for Queensland’s Future, including easier access to health services.
