The investment will go towards retaining, training and recruiting medical staff across the province and towards boosting safety in hospitals. The measures, which aim to retain its 40,000 healthcare workers, include weekend premiums, wellness
The province is doubling the funding previously announced to support mental health pilots in schools to $40 million. The investment over the next two years will support close to 60 mental health pilot projects to improve K-12 students’ well-being
The province is continuing its plan to partner with non-hospital healthcare clinics to provide more publicly funded surgeries. The new charter facility for orthopedic surgeries will provide publicly funded surgeries under contract to Alberta Health
The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health created the undergraduate-level textbook to offer a strengths-based approach that centres Indigenous voices and experiences for decolonization in healthcare. The book gathers contributions from
Facilities in Cape Breton, Antigonish and Guysborough counties dealt with over 4,600 no-shows for scheduled diagnostic imaging appointments last year, resulting in unused appointment times and inefficient use of staffing and equipment. This included
A Leger study explored Canadians’ attitudes, utilization, perceptions and expectations around digital health privacy. Highlights include: Three in 10 respondents say their perception of privacy of their personal health information (PHI) doesn’t have
Canadians were already waiting an average of 50 to 82 days for CT scans and 89 days for MRI prior to the pandemic. The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) says this is 20 to 50 days longer than the recommended 30-day wait time and the
Such centres exist in B.C. and Alta. and there are a few in Ont. already. These proposed stand-alone surgical centres would focus on specific elective surgeries, such as replacing knees and hips, to improve efficiency, with the Ontario Medical
Some cancer patients in B.C. are now waiting months to begin treatment while cancer physicians in the province are self-reporting the highest levels of stress, burnout and disengagement among oncologists across Canada. As of this fall, only one in
Facing an ongoing overdose crisis, the province will add 12 mental health response teams in communities across the province. This includes a plan to open 10 new Indigenous justice centres to provide culturally appropriate support for those caught up