The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction says healthcare costs related to substance use accounted for nearly 30% ($13.4 billion) of the overall costs of substance use in 2020. That amount included day surgeries, ER visits, inpatient
Canadians are twice as likely to expect the quality of healthcare that they and their family will have access to locally will worsen rather than improve in the next few years. British Columbians (32%) are significantly more likely to feel the quality
Canadians have low confidence their provincial governments will reduce ER wait times. Compared to Jan. 2023, a higher proportion would go to the U.S. to pay for more timely healthcare (+10 pts) or urgent care (+9 pts). Four in 10 believe provinces
The report shows 61% of people who died from substance-related toxicity had prior healthcare encounters for substance use disorder, yet engagement with substance use treatment was relatively low. It also found one in five people who died from
One year after a group of orthopedic surgeons began renting vacant operating rooms on Saturdays at an Ottawa hospital, the group is doubling the number of surgeries it performs there. The group already performed around 500 hip and knee surgeries and
The program provides province-wide access to counselling for loved ones of people who died by suicide or survived with significant injury or trauma. Services include referrals, counselling, navigation support, education and awareness for families and
B.C. established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for different hospital settings and is investing $237 million to ensure they’re met. They include a minimum of one nurse for every four patients in adult medical and surgical units, 24 hours a day
Financial incentives to encourage more doctors to choose to practise in N.S. are now available in all areas of the province. Family physicians and specialists who want to establish full-time practices in the Central Zone can earn up to $75,000 in
By age 45, more than 80% of childhood cancer survivors will grapple with serious or life-threatening effects stemming from their treatments. These repercussions range from heart disease to colorectal and breast cancers. The study found the risk of
While the federal plan comes at a time when there's a shortage of dentists and dental assistants in the province, the New Brunswick Dental Society says 78% of its dentists aren’t interested in participating in the federal government’s dental plan