The communique from last week's Council of Australian Government Health Council meeting reveals a lot about the Liberals' plans to fix Tasmania's broken hospitals and health system.
No agenda items were listed by Sarah Courtney and there was nothing mentioned about possible solutions to the critical issues affecting Tasmania.
Shadow Health Minister Sarah Lovell said going to Perth with nothing to say was an admission of failure from the Liberals.
"Last week we heard that 1,800 Tasmanians waited more than 24 hours for a bed at the Royal Hobart Hospital in the last financial year," Ms Lovell said.
"We know there's almost 10,000 people stuck on the waiting list for vital surgeries.
"Even with our health system in such chaos and people dying needlessly in our hospitals, Sarah Courtney met with Health Ministers from across the country and had nothing to say.
"This was her first opportunity as Health Minister to raise critical issues being faced by Tasmanians on a national level and she failed to do so.
"There are no outcomes from the meeting aimed at helping Tasmanian doctors, nurses and health professionals who are working way beyond capacity.
"There are no solutions for the thousands of Tasmanians waiting for surgery and their families, and nothing to say to ensure that waiting times in our emergency departments go down.
"It is clear this Government and this Health Minister have no vision for Tasmania's health system, and no plan to deliver.
"Sarah Courtney has been a real disappointment as Health Minister since she took the job from Michael Ferguson but this is possibly her greatest failure to date."
Sarah Lovell
Shadow Health Minister
