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A reminder that Health minister Adrian LaGrange and other senior Alberta Health officials were warned more than a year ago that their badly timed and untested restructuring plan would cause chaos. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Albertans deserve evidence-based additions and substance-use health care — and that starts with life-saving Supervised Consumption Services.
Take action to support SCS:
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Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.
The AB government has moved forward on Activity-Based Funding, forcing hospitals to compete for funding by performing surgeries as fast as possible.
Yet another convoluted privatization scheme instead of properly staffing & resourcing our hospitals!
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Forcing AB's public hospitals to compete for funding incentivizes simpler & faster surgeries—instead of just staffing & resourcing them properly to provide full spectrum of care Albertans need.
"Nothing today addresses the workforce issues," said Gallaway.
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After (yet another) costly, convoluted government rebranding announcement was met with outrage, the Minister is walking it back.
Now if only they could learn to consult with workers & other experts BEFORE making massive changes to our health care...
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Do we want our hospitals competing against for-profit facilities to "game the system"??
Instead of ABF, Alberta should (finally) start properly resourcing & staffing our public health care system to provide the care Albertans actually need.
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MRI waits are too long already—& they're only going to get longer for the vast majority of Albertans who can't afford to pay for timely access.
“The provincial government is creating a system where those with the ability to pay get to skip the queue": Chris Gallaway
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“Alberta has ORs sitting empty & unused every single day because this government would rather pursue convoluted schemes to subsidize private profits, even while their failed privatization strategy has already reduced public capacity," said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
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Dr. Bonnie Larson: "As a physician, I consider SCS a gold-star public health intervention. It does exactly what it is designed to do with 100 per cent efficacy. Despite such success in saving lives, the UCP has been intent on shuttering Safeworks."
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No one should be waiting 4 days in pain!
AB is facing chronic short-staffing & over-capacity throughout our health care. Yet the government keeps funneling public funds into for-profit surgeries, at expense of our public ORs & those relying on them.
We deserve timely access to quality public care!
The family of a 94-year-old Pincher Creek woman is speaking out after the senior was forced to spend four days waiting for emergency surgery after breaking her hip.
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Excellent summary of the integration and then disintegration of our HC system.
It's purely political... except this time the disintegration was like napalm on a a chaos fire...
take the time to give this a read!
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Minister Adriana LaGrange has halted the recently announced rebranding of Emergency Health Services (EHS) following widespread criticism.
Linda Burns was referred for a MRI due to pain in her neck suspected to be serious — but her appointment letter from AHS revealed it won't happen until the end of 2028.
A new surgical funding model is now in place at 12 Alberta hospitals, tying funding for selected procedures to the number of patients treated and the complexity of care provided, while Friends of Medi...
We need our governments to support evidence-based, life-saving care for all Albertans! Let's make sure our govt hears this loud & clear. Add your voice!
Albertans deserve strong, well-funded public hospitals.Not closures, cuts, and privatization. It’s time to protect our care and demand investment where it’s needed most.
[email protected] After a year of crisis-level strain in Alberta’s emergency rooms, longtime physicians say they’ve been here before. This time however, they say government is not co-operating with frontline leaders. At the province’s 16 biggest hospitals, the median time to wait for a bed has jumped more than 10 hours since 2022. Other metrics, like
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Dr. Bonnie Larson: "As a physician, I consider SCS a gold-star public health intervention. It does exactly what it is designed to do with 100 per cent efficacy. Despite such success in saving lives, the UCP has been intent on shuttering Safeworks."
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
‘When you pay hospitals according to diagnosis, the incentive is to increase or otherwise modify your diagnosis so your hospital will make more money’ - Dr. Ross #abpoli
Story by David J. Climenhaga
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