Alta.’s first pharmacist-led clinic has seen between 14,600 and 21,900 patients per year since opening in 2022. The…
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The health authority’s quarterly progress report on its critical action plan shows it hired more than 2,400 employees, including more than 900…
The 2024 ParticipACTION report card reveals higher grades compared to the 2022 edition in…
The plan centres around creating incentives for healthcare providers to join team-based practices under the Family…
The latest collective agreement for nurses in N.S. includes a provision that’ll set nurse-to-patient ratios for hospital settings. The Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union believes the change will have a huge impact on the working lives of nurses as they’ll…
The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing funds five activities aimed at supporting the mental health of farmers, including:
The report claims Canada needs a chief children’s health officer to oversee a national strategy that will prioritize and solve…
The accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program looks to fill vacancies across the province by getting nurses into hospitals about a year faster than the traditional nursing programs offered. There are already about 36 students expected in…
Devant l’opposition des psychiatres, des travailleurs sociaux et des criminalistes, le gouvernement provincial ne déposera finalement pas le projet de loi « sur l’intervention humanitaire » ce printemps à l’Assemblée législative. Le gouvernement…
Dozens of health occupations will benefit from the funding, including audiologists, dietitians, lab technologists and radiation therapists. The government says $73 million will go toward keeping health and clinical support workers in rural areas…
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) says that’s equivalent to 55.6 million patient visits. While EMRs have increased health information, 78% of doctors can’t exchange patient clinical summaries with physicians in other practices. The CMA…
A UBC student developed It’s My Choice, Canada’s first interactive website aimed at helping people identify the abortion option that best fits their values and circumstances. Hosted by the…
Specifically, PHAC noted an increase in Ont., Alta. and, to a lesser extent, B.C., Sask., Man., N.B. and N.L. The health agency acknowledged the five-year historical average the current uptick is based on includes several years of the pandemic, a…
MINT (multi-specialty interprofessional team) is opening memory clinics in Moncton, Sackville and Riverside-Albert. The group already operates one in Miramichi. The clinics assist people with dementia, which…
Xylazine, a veterinary sedative with effects similar to the depressant benzodiazepine, was identified in a Health Canada report in 2022 as an emerging additive to illegally sold opioids. The federal report showed just five cases of the drug in N.…
- NBHC Engagement
The Cover Your Butt campaign is a call to action for residents aged 50 to 74 to complete the FIT (fecal immunochemical test) kit every two years.…