Canadians’ opinions about their provincial healthcare systems didn’t improve in 2024 compared to last year. As in 2023, the Ipsos poll found less than half are satisfied with their provincial healthcare system, with only 8% saying they’re very…
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Community groups will assist the N.S. government to open walk-in mental health centres for young people across the province by 2027. Youth aged 12 to 25 will be able to drop in for mental health and addictions counselling and other services…
The agreement, reached with private long term care operators, will include opening 54 beds, increased wages for workers in private facilities to move towards wage comparability with the public sector and grants and financing programs to support…
Hundreds of thousands more British people a month will have to option to refer themselves for services such as assistance with incontinence, podiatry or hearing tests without needing to see their family doctor. Across the country, around 200,000…
Some doctors say the dramatic drop in wait times for hip and knee surgeries had a ripple effect on other types of surgeries, including cancer surgeries which are now double pre-2023 waits. They claim to prioritize cancer surgeries, many elective…
The NHS is investing in rapid testing technology to identify, diagnose and cure thousands of people unknowingly living with hepatitis C. Liver scanning and portable testing units will be deployed in communities where patients are at high risk of…
Statistics Canada says the population of N.B. surpassed 850,000, up from 800,000 in 2022. The report indicates three-quarters of the province's population growth was from interprovincial migration. The remaining 25% growth was made up of…
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA), MD Financial Management and Scotiabank established the $10-million Health Care Unburdened Gran…
The pilot project, in partnership with Ambulance New Brunswick, is said to be reducing the time to below the national standard. Taking place at Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton, the project changed the average time from…
The three provinces are partnering to build addictions treatment systems focused on recovery, instead of safe supply. To start, they’ll share policy ideas to manage the addictions crisis. Critics are denouncing the Alta. government’s refusal of…
It’s the first medical school in the country with a mandate for family doctors. York University’s medical…
The surgical backlogs for benign surgeries were amplified by pandemic restrictions while a post-pandemic focus on priority programs exacerbated the issue for some, including those needing benign gynecological surgery. To reduce the backlog of…
Consisting of University of Alberta (UofA) graduate students, the group Student Advocates for Public Health (SAPH) explains the loneliness epidemic on campus that arose during the pandemic is worsening. To combat the isolation of the university…
The key change to the admission process, which comes into effect this fall, is a lottery system that it calls the first of its kind in the…
The device will prevent life-threatening hypoglycaemic attacks, which can lead to seizures, comas or death for those with Type 1 diabetes. Also, the cost of identifying and treating it is 10% of NHS England’s total budget. The mass rollout of the…
Over 1,700 people died from toxic drugs between Jan. and Nov. last year, making it the worst year since the province’s substance use surveillance system was made publicly available. In reaction, the government will introduce legislation to create…