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The hospital at home service - already the largest of its kind in the world - will expand to cover children in every region of England after successfully treating more than 6,400 children over the last year. The services will treat conditions…
The report shows provincial LTC standards vary drastically across the country and, in…
University of Cambridge researchers say an active lifestyle has a direct correlation to the overall quality of life for those over the age of 60. The study says…
The organizations say that as understandings of gender and sexuality have become more advanced, health record systems haven't kept up. They’re asking Health Canada to create more data fields to capture the spectrum of gender and sexual identities…
The Canadian Climate Institute analysis found that extreme heat could kill 1,370 people and send 6,000 to…
The Tulane University study claims extended isolation has a stronger influence than depression…
Vitalité’s latest quarterly report shows it has a critical shortage of pathologists in several of its health zones.…
Many people with heart failure end up back in hospital with persistent symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath from fluid in the lungs and swelling in the abdomen and legs. The clinical trial, called VICTORY-HF, involves a remote monitoring…
In B.C., only four surgeons do all the transplants at two Vancouver hospitals. Kidneys that can’t be used are getting shipped to other provinces. BC Transplant, the provincial agency responsible for organ transplants, said 56 kidneys were sent…
The Learn and Stay Grant program at CTS Canadian Career College sees the government paying tuition for nursing and paramedic students, as well as the cost of books and other…
Horizon Health Network is exploring bringing in internationally-trained nurses or travel nurses to get the service back up and running. The staffing shortage is specifically impacting RNs in the department, due to a combination of short and…
After announcing the noona app launch over a year ago, cancer patients in the province can now use it to access appointment schedules, reminders and…
The province, which is dealing with a chronic shortage of healthcare staff, will pay for 25 continuing care assistants (CCAs) to complete a two-and-a-half year practical nursing diploma at NSCC. CCAs that worked in LTC for at least two years will…
Each year, the program’s expected to detect cancer in as many as 9,000 people, deliver almost one million scans and provide treatment earlier. People aged 55 to 74 with a GP record including a history of smoking will be assessed and invited for…
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