Up to 53 Surrey Memorial Hospital patients will be moved to a transitional housing facility run by Fraser Health to free up hospital beds. The facility is a first in B.C., created in response to chronic overcrowding at the hospital, although the…
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Passing a "Canada Pharmacare Act" in 2023 to set up a framework for the drug plan was part of the two-party agreement meant to provide the minority Liberal government parliamentary stability until 2025. While talks remain constructive on…
The report says Black, Indigenous, other racialized people and individuals questioning their gender and sexual…
The Department of Health was unable to provide evidence-based documentation to substantiate 33 Public Health decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic. The audit covered operational areas that were meant to reduce the spread of COVID-19,…
The MRI scanner will cost Sask. $2.4 million and should increase capacity by around 5,000 patients over the next two years. The province says using an MRI is becoming increasingly important in the diagnosis and assessment of conditions including…
The proportion of adults who reported excellent or very good mental health (57%), a strong sense of belonging to their community (62%) and high ratings of overall life satisfaction (54%) were all significantly higher in Feb. to May 2023 than…
- NBHC Engagement
In a post on an influencer platform, AHS said it was looking to hire social media influencers for a campaign called Plan Your Health 2024. It wanted influencers to educate people about how to treat their child at home rather than the ER, fitness…
Applications are expected to open as early as next week, starting with seniors over the age of 87. Eligibility will gradually expand over the course of the year to include seniors over the age of 65 by May, then children under the age of 18 and…
The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists says it’s a situation that slowly evolved over the last year but it’s getting worse. At the Saint John Regional Cancer Centre, there should be 28 full-time positions for radiation…
A family practice anesthesiologist (FPA) is a family doctor with additional training and certification in anesthesia. They provide general and local anesthesia for non-complex cases that don't require a subspecialist. The role’s been used for…
The provincial government’s providing additional funding of $3 million to continue offering the Rural and Remote Recruitment Incentive into 2024. Available to new employees in nine high-priority health occupations, this incentive of up to $50,000…
The centre will give at least 10,000 people access to physicians, NPs and other healthcare professionals. It’ll be located in a 19,000-square foot space in Brookside Mall. The mall is also the location of an urgent care clinic that opened last…
The province says the referral system will also eventually be used for CT scans. The technology has been used for MRIs since Sept. and surgical referrals since Mar. The government hopes the technology will reduce wait times and keep patients and…
The Tukisiutik app promises to help Inuit from Nunavik and medical practitioners understand each other better. Healthcare workers and Inuktitut speakers from Nunavik, Inuit…
Sask.’s surgical system achieved the highest volumes ever recorded in the first six months of the fiscal year from Apr. 1 to Sept. 30. As of Sept. 30, 47,748 procedures were performed, an increase of 10.4% YoY. The provincial government says…
Un sondage révèle que 94% conviennent que le système de santé du Canada doit être amélioré pour mieux répondre aux besoins des enfants et des jeunes. Ce sentiment est présent dans tout le pays et parmi les parents et les non-parents. Parmi les…