HEALTH Minister Shannon Fentiman’s growing reputation as the Minister for apologies and announcements has exposed her frightful failure to follow-through.
In July, she promised an alarming backlog of unread CT scans, x-rays and ultrasounds at the Gold Coast University Hospital would be cleared within two to three months.
At the time she claimed it was “really concerning” and “unacceptable”.
Four months on and she has still not cleared the backlog as promised and questions remain over how many Queenslanders still have not had their scans reviewed within the clinically-recommended time.
Fentiman’s failure to follow through means Queenslanders are still caught in a cruel waiting-game, without the medical treatment they need.
These may be cancers undetected, the march of disease unchecked or life-threatening infections untreated.
Queenslanders are paying a high price for Labor’s chaos and crisis.
Shannon Fentiman was quick to promise the “really concerning” backlog would be fixed, but she has again failed to follow-through on her commitment.
Shannon Fentiman is more interested in announcements to fix her political issue, than the delivering the fix Queenslanders need.
This is what happens when a Minister is more focused on the job she wants rather than the job she has.
It’s another example of Labor’s wrong priorities.
Today, Shannon Fentiman must explain to Queenslanders why she has broken her promise and when the shocking backlog of critical scans will finally be processed.