U.K. charity Teenage Cancer Trust in working with health boards in Scotland to recruit specialist nurses for an outreach service aimed at teenagers and young adults with cancer. The charity is rolling outs Nursing and Support program, which will see
The provincial government is restructuring the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health by moving some of its daily operations to other departments. Health minister Victor Boudreau said the office's mandate will remain the same, but some of its
The New Brunswick government won't release additional details on doctors' billings, choosing to go against the recommendation of the province's information and privacy commissioner. Anne Bertrand had called for the Department of Health to release
The Prime Minister named the former parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, as the new federal health minister. She's succeeding Jane Philpott, who was appointed minister of Indigenous Services. In this role
The Government of Ontario says the $222 million it earmarked over the next three years as part of its opioid addiction and overdose prevention strategy will mean more front-line harm-reduction workers will be in place across the province. Other
NHS Digital rolled out its first e-nursing week in support of the campaign to re-educate the NHS workforce for a digital future, and endorsed the Royal College of Nursing's campaign "Every nurse an e-nurse." The national provider of information, data
Saskatchewan's Clinical Quality Improvement Program (CQIP) is seeking applicants for the 11-month course designed to build capability for facilitating and leading successful healthcare improvement work in the province. The program includes a mix of
As part of the Choosing Widely Canada campaign, Choosing Wisely Saskatchewan is seeking input from physicians and patients to understand the current awareness and spread of the national campaign as a way to engage in conversations about potentially
A National Quality Forum report finds that the personal health information on patient support networks can be used for the development of patient-reported outcome measures and the NGF is calling on providers to use online patient support networks as
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) established a program entitled Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Seniors, adapted from its basic MHFA course. The tool is designed help families, caregivers and seniors to recognize mental health problems or