Without disclosing too much in an online forum... I don’t think it’s acceptable they get away with this. I was initially referred to public hospital and told it’ll be 3-4 weeks for an appt and because I work in the industry and know the guidelines, I argued left right and centre and ended up going to the PA.
But my husband has had surgery there and all of his care has been fantastic.
Regarding outsourcing to qld XRay, I don’t think that’s very weird really, lots of Queensland hospitals already do this ... but it’s not acceptable for them to have no record of your scans. Please, as a nurse, I ask you to complain. Change DOESNT happen unless people do it.