A Sask. pilot program will see health clinics be independently operated, publicly funded and staffed by nurse practitioners (NPs). The program will expand the role of NPs throughout the healthcare system, and further opportunities to expand their…
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The summit, co-hosted by the Department of Health and the New Brunswick Medical Society, will take place at the end of May. Stakeholders will gather to discuss the transition to team-based primary care. No other details were provided but the…
While the federal plan comes at a time when there's a shortage of dentists and dental assistants in the province, the New Brunswick Dental Society says 78% of its dentists aren’t interested in participating in the federal government’s dental plan…
By age 45, more than 80% of childhood cancer survivors will grapple with serious or life-threatening effects stemming from their treatments. These repercussions range from heart disease to colorectal and breast cancers. The study found the risk…
The app connects elders in his community with a driver who takes them to all kinds of healthcare appointments and offers translation support at appointments. Those behind the Madawaska Elder Initiative…
RiseUp: Kids Help Phone's Action Plan for Supporting Black Youth will expand e-mental health services to be more equitable, accessible and culturally informed. KHP says anti-…
Alta.’s budget includes $305 million to support approximately 310,000 operating room procedures. Alberta Health estimates between 60,000 and 65,000 of these publicly funded procedures will be performed by privately-owned chartered surgical…
A doctor opened the clinic in the Canterbury Community Centre near Meductic last spring, with the goal of offering care to people who needed quick access to a physician for minor ailments, routine screening and prescription refills. But within…
The New Brunswick Medical Society also says it wasn’t involved in developing the strategy. The strategy and action plan, which the Department of Health committed at least $10.3 million annually toward implementing, haven’t been made public. The…
Financial incentives to encourage more doctors to choose to practise in N.S. are now available in all areas of the province. Family physicians and specialists who want to establish full-time practices in the Central Zone can earn up to $75,000 in…
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N.S. is partnering with Novo Nordisk Canada to create the Nova Scotia Lighthouse project, an initiative that’ll address childhood obesity and chronic disease in the province. The project will bring together healthcare, academic and economic…
The report shows 61% of people who died from substance-related toxicity had prior healthcare encounters for substance use disorder, yet engagement…
Canadians are twice as likely to expect the quality of healthcare that they and their family will have access to locally will worsen rather than improve in the next few years. British Columbians (32%) are significantly more likely to feel the…
Canadians have low confidence their provincial governments will reduce ER wait times. Compared to Jan. 2023, a higher proportion would go to the U.S. to pay for more timely healthcare (+10 pts) or urgent care (+9 pts). Four in 10 believe…
Maternal obesity on its own and along with other risk factors, like diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, substance use and chronic hypertension, was associated with an increased likelihood of fetal death. The risk of stillbirth in obese…
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction says healthcare costs related to substance use accounted for nearly 30% ($13.4 billion) of the overall costs of substance use in 2020. That amount included day surgeries, ER visits, inpatient…