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A study of patients in primary healthcare showed as many as 17% of them failed to get new drug prescriptions filled within six months of the prescription date. The highest numbers were for drugs prescribed on an as-needed basis, which included…
The partnership with Manipal College of Nursing is creating a dual degree program. The program will see 25 nurses trained each year over the next four years and the graduates will be trained with N.B. licencing in mind. While there’s no guarantee…
Inside a health centre in Sask.’s capital will be a space solely for people urgently requiring psychological assistance and from the outside, it can be accessed through a dedicated door. The facility in Regina could be the first in Canada to have…
The study, which focused on a large area of London with heavy traffic, found exposure to relatively high levels of air pollution is linked to increased use of community mental health…
The aircraft will transport non-critical care patients from Yarmouth and Sydney to Halifax. Travel by plane between Yarmouth and Sydney to Halifax is expected to take about an hour, in comparison to five hours by ambulance. The LifeFlight…
The study found women living in communities with early breast cancer screenings before the age of 50 have a lower risk of death. The data show cancer rates were higher for women…
The bike patrol pilot program is in response to safety concerns around major hospitals. Teams of protective services bike officers started patrolling around the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon in June and Regina General in July. The…
L’initiative vise à désengorger les ambulances de la province alors qu’une trop grande proportion de ses ressources des services ambulanciers allaient au transfert de patients. Normalement, deux travailleurs paramédicaux et une ambulance étaient…
The backlog comes a year after community laboratory services were transitioned from Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) to Dynalife Privately-owned Dynalife provides community medical lab services in Alta. but concerns are mounting over long…
The report found roughly 743,000 fewer surgeries were performed in Canada during the first two-and-a-half years of the pandemic and the drop in procedures was more pronounced for those living in lower-income neighbourhoods. Despite the drop in…
A study found doctors are compensated on average 28% less for operations on female patients than they are for similar procedures performed on male patients. The largest discrepancy was found…
Thirty Hamilton residents are part of Compass Community Health’s FVRx program and receive a prescription for a produce box every other week. The program is the only one of its kind in Hamilton and a year…
Adults who incorporated about four-and-a-half minutes of vigorous activity in short one- or two-minute bouts had more than 30% lower incidence rates of cancer, the study…
The federal department will assess Canadian and international data that looks at the risk of suicidal thoughts, self-harm and suicide when it comes to GLP-1 receptor agonists. The review follows similar actions by health agencies in Europe and…
The policy aims to ensure high-quality, timely, comprehensive, equitable, culturally appropriate and safe services are provided to transgender and…
The centres will aid hospital discharge across England to prepare services for winter. The centres host NHS, social care, housing and voluntary services staff in one place with the aim of locating and coordinating the best and quickest discharge…