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 without
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 the
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 safe
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA), MD Financial Management and Scotiabank established the $10-million Health Care Unburdened Gran t program to reduce the administrative burden on physicians. The group estimates its members spend an additional 10
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
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
The Alberta Medical Association's (AMA) social media campaign extols the merits of a physician comprehensive care model similar to those in B.C., Man. and Sask. The AMA claims 40% of physician revenue from billing goes to covering their practices
While the CMAJ shows young-adult life expectancy is increasingly being cut short by opioids across the country, N.B. recorded its highest number of overdose-related deaths in 2022. The Department of Health found naloxone use has skyrocketed and
Researchers found Canada’s burden of disease increased in substance abuse, diabetes/CKD and musculoskeletal diseases and found the improvement in overall health of the country’s population stalled and is trending downwards compared to other high
Functional limitations refer to difficulties with basic mobility-related tasks, such as walking two to three blocks, standing up from a chair or climbing stairs. In comparison, researchers found only one in eight of their peers without diabetes