Queensland’s attorney-general is poised to take on the troubled health portfolio as the Palaszczuk government undergoes a cabinet reshuffle.

Shannon Fentiman will meet Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Wednesday, with the ministerial restructure expected to be revealed on Thursday.

Senior ALP sources remain tight-lipped on portfolio details, but the attorney-general and Health Minister Yvette D’Ath are expected to swap positions.

Ms D’Ath was Queensland’s attorney-general from 2017 before being appointed to health in November 2020.

Ms Fentiman has also been touted as a potential challenger for the leadership, with the shift to health coming as the premier’s personal popularity plummets.

The government has faced sustained criticism over health, housing and youth justice challenges, with ministers Leanne Linard and Leeanne Enoch also expected to be casualties in the reshuffle.

The Liberal National opposition is celebrating the reshuffle after months of attacks on the government.

Health spokeswoman Ros Bates said the reshuffle will not address the critical flaws in the system and the government.

“It doesn’t matter who Annastacia Palaszczuk puts in as the health minister, it’s Annastacia Palaszczuk who has presided over the chaos and crisis that is Queensland Health,” Ms Bates told reporters on Wednesday.

“It’s all about Annastacia Palaszczuk doing deals to secure her future, not the future of Queenslanders.

“This is just shifting people around the table now. Cameron Dick, Steven Miles and Yvette D’Ath have all been health ministers in Queensland, they have all sat around the cabinet table making the same decisions, and nothing has changed.”

LNP deputy leader Jarrod Bleijie called Ms D’Ath to be axed amid the crisis and chaos of a dying government.

“This is a government that has been in power for over eight years in Queensland. We have seen the youth justice crime crisis, we’ve seen the homelessness and the housing crisis, and we have seen the health crisis,” Mr Bleijie said.

“No one in this government has taken responsibility. There are no consequences by a simple reshuffle using the existing people.

“It’s the same old circus with the same clowns and the ringmaster is Annastacia Palaszczuk.”

While the LNP’s deputy leader and health spokesman responded to the reshuffle, leader David Crisafulli’s only comment was on social media as he met victims of crime on the Gold Coast.

“While the Premier is focused on political survival, we’re focused on delivering for Queenslanders,” Mr Crisafulli tweeted.

“Our laser-like focus: Make Queensland communities safer. Tackle cost of living. Healing the health crisis. A home for every Queenslander.”

The reshuffle comes after recent polls showed falling support for the Palaszczuk government.

Support for Ms Palaszczuk plunged by seven points to 31 per cent, marking her worst approval rating since coming into office in 2015.

Labor’s primary vote fell by one point to 33 per cent, while the LNP continued to increase by one point to 39 per cent in the April polling figures published in the Courier Mail.

The Labor leader’s popularity has declined quickly after a 39 per cent approval in December’s results.