Recruitment's increasing at Horizon Health Network, as a total of 1,291 healthcare workers were hired since Apr. The hires include 240 RNs, 163 LPNs, 288 personal care attendants, hundreds of health professionals and support service workers. Horizon
The changes are an effort to stabilize the healthcare system and the government maintains patients won’t be paying out of pocket for any of them. The measures include: Increasing surgeries performed by private clinics but covered by OHIP; Paramedics
A private medical clinic run by Que.-based Algomed has set up in Dartmouth, N.S. and already has over 200 patients. Some believe the clinic can ease the burden on the province's overwhelmed public health system but the Canadian Medical Association
Most people who take the days-long clinical competence assessment are found to need remedial education to be licensed in the province and the additional requirement prevented numerous people from returning to Man. Amid staffing shortages, the
Staffing challenges resulted in an increased reliance on agency nurses for many provinces. In Man., the increase went from 2% of overall nursing staff costs province-wide in 2015-2016 to over 4% for 2021-2022. The provincial government is now looking
In 2019, the rate of cancer diagnoses increased from 547.5 to 550.2 cases per 100,000 Canadians, a consequence of both population growth and population aging. When considering all cancer types together, an east-west gradient is observed with
Statistics Canada shows that compared with individuals with no mental health difficulties, those with low-to-moderate and severe mental health difficulties were more likely to experience negative impacts due to the pandemic, such as emotional
The research found that 44% of all cancer deaths and 42% of healthy years lost could be attributable to preventable risk factors in 2019. The three leading risks are: Smoking; Drinking too much alcohol; or Having a high BMI. The leading cancers in
A study found that young adults are more prone to developing an eating disorder if they engage in cheat meals that stray from their eating habits. Young men, women, transgender and gender non-conforming people were found to more often develop an
In the past six months, there were 140 reports of ambulance patients waiting more than 12 hours for a hospital bed, including nine patients who waited in hallways on stretchers for 24 to 40 hours. Except for one 24-hour delay reported May 10 at Dr