During a meeting on Friday between the ACEM and health minister Sarah Courtney it was agreed all leaders within hospitals and within Tasmanian health should be accountable for addressing unacceptable waiting times.

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ACEM president Dr Simon Judkins said the sector particularly needed to see leadership from senior doctors and nurses in hospitals to implement necessary changes.

"We agree that significant culture change is required and this process will not be easy," Dr Judkins said.

"Just commenting on the culture is not enough - actually being a leader of change is much harder and, while there needs to be in developing new leaders, some difficult decisions about who are the right people to move Tasmanian hospitals into a new era are needed."

ACEM Tasmanian faculty chair Dr Marielle Ruigrok said it was encouraging the health minister and secretary recognised the need for a state-wide response to address access block and the fact Launceston General Hospital requires a specific plan to address those issues.

Ms Courtney said the meeting was an extremely productive discussion.

"Both ACEM and government agree that 24 hour waits in Tasmanian EDs have been a long-term challenge for our EDs, but it is not acceptable and we must work hard to reduce this," Ms Courtney said.

"As I confirmed earlier in the week, the government has committed to consider ACEM's report and the recommendations it contains in addition to undertaking broader work on patient flow strategies.

"This work will be expanded as part of a statewide focus."

However, Labor health spokeswoman Sarah Lovell has criticised the government, saying Ms Courtney is yet to put forward any sort of plan to address issues in the health sector in the four months since she became health minister.

"She has no vision for the health system," Ms Lovell said.

"This government continues to have talk-fests, strategy meetings and summits but they result in very little in terms of real outcomes."