The provincial government is working with both Vitalité and Horizon to reduce the use of travel nurses across the province. While Horizon and Vitalité said they spent a combined $56.8 million in the first five months of 2023-24 on the costs
B.C. had 270 doctors for every 100,000 people in 2022, up from 162 doctors per capita in 1976. It’s tied with N.S. for the highest rate in Canada and well above the national average of 244 doctors per 100,000. The data may be surprising given close
A national survey found 6.5 million people in Canada don’t have a family doctor or NP they can see regularly. Sixty percent of those who do can’t get a same-day or next-day appointment for a sprained ankle, UTI or other minor health problem. CIHI
The provincial government says a pilot program aims to shave two months off the time it takes to train continuing care assistants (CCAs). The government is partnering with Shannex and NSCC to offer a six-month program starting in Apr., with updated
Officials with Nova Scotia Health believe they've identified 17,500 people who can be removed from the province's need-a-family-practice registry. They’re now calling them to confirm this information. The registry stood at more than 152,000 people on
The New Brunswick Nurses Union says people shouldn't be misled by a Nurses Association of New Brunswick report that 657 nurses were registered from Dec. 2022 to May to work in the province. Registrations aren't the same as hires, the union says. NBNU
The campaign, a collaboration between B.C.’s First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and Vancouver Coastal Health, is focused on bringing attention to harm reduction, anti-stigma and grief and loss messages surrounding the toxic drug emergency. It
The initiative will see 140,000 people aged 18 to 39 years old receive additional health checks and support with diabetes management, such as blood sugar level control, weight management and cardiovascular risk minimization. Under the T2Day: Type 2
More than 425,000 patients used the Register with a GP surgery service in its first year. The NHS service saved GP surgery staff up to 15 minutes per registration by reducing paperwork and admin time. Forty-eight percent of all patients using the
The number of children in Canada experiencing abuse, poverty, mental illness and other serious problems is on the rise and Indigenous youth face some of the highest risks, says a report on the top 10 threats facing young people across the country