The changes are an effort to stabilize the healthcare system and the government maintains patients won’t be paying out of pocket for any of them. The…
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The research found that 44% of all cancer deaths and 42% of healthy years lost could be attributable to preventable risk factors in 2019. The three…
Vitalite Health Network was forced to reduce its ICU beds from six to four for a period of time at the Campbellton Regional Hospital as a result of a nursing shortage. There will be an additional bed available in case of overflow and the health…
In Glace Bay, potential doctors are taken on a tour of the Miners Museum, a boat ride along the shoreline and jigging for mackerel. The Bay it Forward group says the efforts paid off as three doctors were recruited in the last three to four years…
In the past six months, there were 140 reports of ambulance patients waiting more than 12 hours for a hospital bed, including nine patients who waited in hallways on stretchers for 24 to 40 hours. Except for one 24-hour delay reported May 10 at…
Recruitment's increasing at Horizon Health Network, as a total of 1,291 healthcare workers were hired since Apr. The hires include 240 RNs, 163 LPNs, 288 personal care attendants, hundreds of health professionals and support service workers.…
The Rural Access to Urgent Care initiative provides people attending rural ED for urgent mental healthcare the option to receive a virtual mental health and addictions urgent care assessment. Previously, a person seeking urgent mental healthcare…
Statistics Canada shows that compared with individuals with no mental health difficulties, those with low-to-moderate and severe mental health…
The Alberta Home Visitation Network Association will use $1.5 million in federal funding for in-person and virtual workshops to provide opportunities to early childhood educators to enhance their knowledge of the social and emotional needs of…
The Coalition for Seniors’ Rights shows that, in June, there were about 382 people waiting in hospital for a nursing…
A private medical clinic run by Que.-based Algomed has set up in Dartmouth, N.S. and already has over 200 patients. Some…
The U of T reports almost 16% of households across 10 provinces experienced some degree of food insecurity in the year before…
Staffing challenges resulted in an increased reliance on agency nurses for many provinces. In Man., the increase went from 2% of overall nursing staff costs province-wide in 2015-2016 to over 4% for 2021-2022. The provincial government is now…
The project, which delivered portable x-ray machines to a Cree Nation in northern Sask., is said to be a first in Canada. The company behind the machines says a lot of these remote communities never had x-ray. Patients usually needed to travel…
Most people who take the days-long clinical competence assessment are found to need remedial education to be licensed in the province and the additional requirement prevented numerous people from returning to Man. Amid staffing shortages, the…
A pilot program creating virtual connections between Albertans and doctors continues to reduce unnecessary hospital visits. More than 8,000 patients were assessed either over the phone or via videoconferencing, with AHS hoping it can improve…