Experts on dementia, individuals with lived experience with the condition and the Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health collaborated on the…
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The average wait time for hip replacements in the province is 309 days, nearly twice the national average of 164 days. For knee replacements, the average is 198 days, while it was 466 days in Sask. The new…
Male doctors still put in four more hours a week on average than their female colleagues, but the study goes against the old stereotype about the feminization of medicine on its head, as married male physicians are putting in fewer hours, likely…
Hospitals and LTCs in the province spent about $369 million on agency nurses in FY2021-2022, while the expected cost in FY2022-2023 is $600 million, an increase of 63%. Factor in the cost for personal support workers (PSW) for the previous fiscal…
The Ottawa Hospital began providing patients with adhesive bandages that complement a variety of skin tones. The bandages, which come in three shades, were made available through a contract negotiated by a not-for-profit that sources medical…
N.L.'s registered nurses' union wants to expand a nurse locum program that allows nurses in the provincial system to fill short-term gaps in Labrador. About 100 nurses have taken part in the program that began in Sept. 2022, costing…
International report shows Canada ranks last in primary healthcare access among 10 wealthy countries
Lack of access to a primary care provider negatively impacts the health of both individuals and the population and in Canada, the percentage of those who reported having a regular doctor or place they go for care dropped from 93% in 2016 to…
The agency estimated more than 4.5 million people 65 and older visited medical specialists, got non-emergency tests or had non-emergency surgeries in 2019 and 2020. More than 15% of seniors had difficulty accessing those services. Common barriers…
The provincial government opted to stay the course rather than slash taxes or throw huge sums of money at the healthcare system. That leaves it projecting a surplus for 2024-25 of $41 million. Notably, the health budget is nudging up by only $1.6…
That works out to about 200 fewer people leaving, although the drop isn’t as much on the RN front. Horizon projects 31 fewer RNs to leave this year compared to last, a drop of 0.1%. However, recruitment efforts led to an overall increase in the…
A report shows almost 72% of Canadians who used cannabis in the 12 months before the national cannabis survey of 2023 was conducted bought only from a legal vendor. The main reasons cited for buying from legal sources were product safety (38%),…
The Rural Immersion program will train UBC family medicine resident doctors in communities across northern B.C. The program is the first of its kind in the…
A campus alcohol recovery room at the University of Guelph dedicated to helping students sober up after a bout of heavy drinking is easing hospital pressure, a health administrator says. The recovery room diverts patients who don’t need an ER…
The Canadian Cancer Society says, following a 30-year decline, the national cervical cancer rate rose 3.7% a year since 2015, representing the biggest jump for any type of cancer affecting females. The latest projections for N.B. are 35 cases a…
A Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada survey found 46% of women were misdiagnosed with another disorder prior to being diagnosed with ADHD. Although the number of adult women newly diagnosed with ADHD nearly doubled from 2020 to 2022, many women…
As measles cases keep appearing in more parts of the country, projections suggest there's a high chance Canada may experience a sizable outbreak - with anywhere from dozens to thousands of people infected if the disease strikes communities with…