U.K. charity Teenage Cancer Trust in working with health boards in Scotland to recruit specialist nurses for an outreach service aimed at teenagers and young adults with cancer. The charity is…
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A report by the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network finds that between Jan. 2015 and Mar. 2017, the volume of opioids prescribed in the province…
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Manitoba became the last province to sign a 10-year health funding agreement with the federal government. The deal provides $218 million in total for home and community care and $181.6 million for initiatives addressing mental health and…
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Speaking at the AGM of the Canadian Medical Association, federal health minister Jane Philpott focused on the need for doctors to play a more active role in improving the health of vulnerable sectors of society. She pointed to Indigenous peoples…
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Research from the Canadian Medical Association finds that 68% feel that provincial and territorial governments support healthcare innovation practices but 57%…
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A study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) contends the global incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD) is nearly eight out of every 1…
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The Scottish government's Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care is a plan to strengthen the role of pharmacy in hospital, general practice and the wider community. It aims to…
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Ontario's William Osler Health System has redesigned its discharge process to eliminate ethical errors and align more fully with the Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) and the Public Hospitals Act (PHA). To…
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NHS Digital rolled out its first e-nursing week in support of the campaign to re-educate the NHS workforce for a digital future, and endorsed the Royal College of Nursing's campaign "Every nurse an…
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For patients covered under Manitoba's publicly-funded drug plan, dispensing fees charged by pharmacies will be capped at $30 per prescription. Compounding fees will also be capped at $30 for non-sterile preparations and no more than $60 for…
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A research chair at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada will be trying to make life better for seniors, who make up a growing part of the population. The Health Research Chair in Community Health and Aging will do research aimed…
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New Brunswick Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner Anne Bertrand is recommending the full disclosure of physician-identified billing information. Bertrand believes the Department of Health should release the exact amounts doctors bill…
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The provincial government is expanding an adult day program that gives caregivers respite while caring for loved ones at home. The program will expand the number of hours in Alberton, Summerside, Charlottetown and Souris, to add 40 more spaces…
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Medimap.ca, which lists wait times at walk-in clinics, has expanded to Saskatoon. The free service currently lists wait times for 14 of the 19 clinics in the city, and notes whether any have closed early. It's…
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New Brunswick Medical Society officials are concerned about a shortage of physicians in the province, with more than 20,000 New Brunswickers signed up for a waiting list meant to connect them with a family doctor. However, the provincial…
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Patient Voices Network, a community of patients, families and caregivers working with healthcare partners to improve the B.C. healthcare system, released its…