A breakthrough from protests by Queensland doctors has seen a vote of no confidence in the state’s Health Minister.

Around 900 Queensland doctors filled a Brisbane hotel conference room last night to protest against moves by Health Minister Laurence Springborg.

Mr Springborg wants specialists to sign on to individual contracts, which many believe will destroy collective bargaining abilities and give the Government total control over wages, rates, hours, time off, sackings, training and access to the QLD Industrial Relations Commission.

Many doctors have threatened to quit rather than sign the deals, with the standoff and potential fall-out putting services at risk.

Mr Springborg has tried to calm the mounting concern, saying most of the protestors have not actually seen what it is they stand against.

“When people finally receive their contracts they will find that what they were told is so far from the truth it is not funny,” he said.

“I think at the moment there has been a lot of emotion, a lot of misleading information, and a misunderstanding about this as well, but that's not to say there are genuine concerns among doctors.”

“This new system of contracts follows on from a report from the auditor-general that says we need to make our system have more accountability - this is about accountability productivity and greater patient care.”

The Health Minister said that the fairer, more accountable contract conditions are no longer up for debate.

“There has been 33 formal meetings over a six-month period and I have indicated to the Australian Medical Association - both their national and also their state body - over the last few weeks and also representatives from the Medical Staff Association - that there will not be a reopening of formal negotiations,” Mr Springborg said today.

“It's wrong to say that all doctors oppose these contracts, because we've had doctors that have come forward and signed up already, and others that are approaching us and wanting to sign up before their contracts go out.”

Doctors have rallied outside hospitals across the state, joined by others from the public healthcare sector.

Dr Alan Millard from the Nambour Hospital told an ABC reporter that the new contract could see doctors fired for missing unreasonable performance standards.

“We all perform at a high level everyday for the benefit of our patients and this community,” he said.

“I don't think any of us would have any trouble whatsoever signing up to reasonable indicators of any sort.

“The difficulty is that there's no cap on these - anyone who does sign this contract it doesn't matter anyway because it can be unilaterally altered - that's dodgy,” he said.

Dr Millard compared Mr Springborg’s offers to the medical community to buying a used car.

“He won't tell me if it's new or old or how many kilometres it's done,” Dr Millard said.

“He won't tell me if it's been crashed before, what colour it is, or even how much it will cost, and I can't even see it.

“If I don't want to buy it, he'll take my money anyway and the reason why I need a new car is because people in his office drove my old car around and crashed it - it's crazy.

“Who would sign up to this? Nobody would.

“You'd go to another car yard and that's what we're seeing,” he said.