Thursday, 1 September 2022

Health system

Mr ANGUS: The Victorian health system is still suffering from years of neglect and the incompetence of the Victorian Labor government. Many Victorians are still being let down through no fault of their own. Whether this is inordinate delays in being seen in a hospital emergency department, a delay in an ambulance responding, languishing on a seemingly never-ending elective surgery waiting list or a range of other failures, this government needs to stop making excuses and address these basic issues. Despite the best efforts and hard work of all the medical and ambulance personnel, there are daily examples of gross failures in the system, with patients being neglected and treatment delayed. The government needs to stop making excuses and fix this self-created mess. With Labor having been in power for 19 of the last 23 years it is clear who is responsible for these systemic failures. I recently had firsthand experience with an— (Time expired)