The agency is offering interpretation services in 23 Indigenous languages. This is available to all patients receiving care from AHS healthcare teams. The addition of Indigenous languages to AHS’ translation service builds off more than 240 languages
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 be
The report shows provincial LTC standards vary drastically across the country and, in some cases, fall far short of national protocols released this year. The Health Standards Organization developed the standards to boost quality of life and prevent
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 system
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
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
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 like
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 longer
Vitalité’s latest quarterly report shows it has a critical shortage of pathologists in several of its health zones. Of the seven vacancies, the Edmundston and Campbellton regions each have two, while the Bathurst region has three. Some of the
The CMA released targets it says governments can use to drive health system improvements. The association believes these targets are key to turning healthcare systems around. They call for: Eliminating hospital ER closures within three years