Health in the News
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N.S. is expanding a fast-tracked immigration program to include international students who want to become paramedics and pharmacy technicians, in its latest move to address health worker shortages. The province is allowed to nominate immigration…
Craig Dalton, CEO of Extra-Mural/Ambulance New Brunswick, blamed staffing shortages for the out-of-service ambulances in 2021-2022. Instead of returning the $4.7 million to the province, the Crown corporation used the funds to cover other…
The study suggests the country can do more to improve access to seniors’ care and overall equity in the health system. It found that most provinces exceed the international average in care process, which includes factors such as coordination…
The College of Family Physicians of Canada wants to increase the length of family medicine residency from two years to three as a way of preparing doctors for more complex patients. However, the plan is raising concerns it’ll increase the…
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The two first well-being networks will be located in Labrador and Western Newfoundland. The provincial government hopes to expand them in each region of the province. The networks will integrate regional services that influence the social…
Horizon Health Network says the appointments, which are not walk-in appointments, must be booked by phone and are available Monday to Thursday. Horizon believes by…
The need for this program was demonstrated by a survey which showed more than one in six children…
The pilot program, in the Langley, South Island, South Okanagan Similkameen, Thompson Region and Victoria divisions of family practice, is a partnership between Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC) and HealthLink BC. The program was…
Through the surgical-renewal strategy, as of Aug., B.C. performed 134,941 scheduled and unscheduled surgeries, which is 6,288 more than…
The Centres of Rural Aging and Health, a partnership between the Government of N.S. and Nova Scotia Community College, will operate out of the local campuses in Port Hawkesbury and…
A survey shows 54% of Canadians have moderate to very high vaccine fatigue. While up four points from last…
The experts, from fields such as health, criminology and law, say the plan is unsupported by scientific evidence and represents an unjustifiable infringement of Charter rights. The N.B. government is considering legislation that would allow…
The national study found that overall ER visits dropped during the pandemic but the number of young people requiring emergency services for suicidal ideation, self-harm and self-poisoning rose, to 6,060 emergency visits per quarter during the…
In Dec. 2019, it became mandatory for hospitals across the country to report serious adverse drug reactions to Health Canada. An analysis of the data show significant variances in what hospitals are reporting, raising questions about the…
Findings from Statistic Canada’s first annual Health of Canadians report include:
Statistics Canada says there were 8,102 deaths in N.B. in 2021, 607 more than in 2020. The 8.1% jump is the largest recorded in Canada among provinces in 2021, although most of the increase in N.B. occurred during a significant COVID-19 outbreak…