LNP cut health services before Christmas

·       David Crisafulli breaks promise not to cut health services

·       LNP to cut 45 per cent of services provided at Gladstone Nurse-Led Clinic

·       More cuts to Nurse-Led Clinics expected to be rolled out

Whistle blowers have revealed to Queensland Labor that David Crisafulli is going to cut the services at the Gladstone Nurse-Led Clinic by 45 per cent.

The clinic, which is expected to open any day now, is supposed to deliver much-needed medical assistance to the people from Gladstone from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week.

Whistle blowers have revealed the LNP have instructed those expecting to work in the clinic that clinic will only operate from 8.30am to 5.30pm, 6 days a week.

This means instead of being able to use this service for 98 hours a week, the people of Gladstone will only be able to use the clinic for 54 hours.

This represents a 45 per cent cut to services, and another cut to health services under David Crisafulli and Tim Nicholls’. It follows pill testing services already being cut by the LNP. 

Whistle blowers have also revealed the LNP is reviewing the services across all of Labor’s Nurse-Led Clinics, with similar cuts expected at Mt Gravatt, Brisbane and Gympie.

Quotes attributable to Opposition Leader Steven Miles:

“David Crisafulli promised during the election that he would not cut health services, but it took him less than 40 days to break that promise.

“This shows that David Crisafulli always planned to cut services and sack workers to pay for his almost $20 billion in election promises.

“David Crisafulli has some dark ambitions and he has not been honest to Queenslanders about what they are.”

Quotes attributable to Shadow Health Minister Mark Bailey:

“Tim Nicholls was the architect of the Campbell Newman health cuts, the man who said 4,400 health workers needed to be sacked.

“Now after 9 years in opposition, Tim Nicholls has wasted no time before cutting important health services Queenslanders rely on.

“His decision to cut 45 per cent of services provided at Gladstone’s Nurse-Led Clinic will mean more people in Gladstone will be forced to head to the emergency department when they are dealing with issues such as conjunctivitis, common colds and simple respiratory conditions, cuts, abrasions, bruises, minor burns and urinary tract infections.”

Quotes attributable to State Member for Gladstone Glenn Butcher:

“David Crisafulli and the LNP are cutting a service that will make a huge difference in Gladstone and take a lot of pressure off the Gladstone Hospital after 5.30pm.

“David Crisafulli used the people of Gladstone as a political plaything by hosting a number health townhalls in the community, promising to deliver better health care.

“Now in the first 40 days as Premier he has decided to cut 45 per cent of services at this Nurse-Led Clinic.

“The people of Gladstone deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and David Crisafulli is treating them like second-class citizens.”

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