FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The government is again jeopardizing Albertans' health care by handing over public services over to private, for-profit companies.
#abhealth #ableg
Full Statement - hsaa.ca/news/

“Despite bold promises from the government that their privatization schemes will bring down wait times, save money and improve care, the opposite continues to happen…”

Alberta's nurses are already overworked and feeling unappreciated, and if they hear that the government's just going to run roughshod over their collective agreement rights, it's going to make it hard to retain and very difficult to recruit. #ableg

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Perla’s story highlights why keeping the promise of Status for All is crucial to ensuring access to care.

Health care is a human right. This is especially true in a health emergency where any delays or barriers to accessing care are simply unacceptable.

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We need to do everything we can to prevent overdose death.

Take action today and add your name to urge the provincial government to release up-to-date data on deaths caused by overdoses and treat addiction care as health care.

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#abhealth #ableg

The government continues to tout the success of their so-called Alberta Recovery Model, yet still refuse calls to release any data or information that would validate their claims. Now this.

They’re clearly more interested in a propaganda war than saving lives.

“The evidence is undeniable, privatization in health care makes things worse. It failed with laboratories, it's failing with privatized surgeries and it's failing with privatized hospital laundry.” - AUPE VP Curtis Jackson
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“This is a 148 per cent increase in deaths since 2018 and works out to six Albertans on average dying every single day,” said Parker.
Please explain to me how this could possibly be defined as a 'success' ...
#harmreductionsaveslives

Alberta nurses union raises concerns over members rights following Recovery Alberta announcement. #abhealth #ableg #yeg #yyc

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Alberta Health Services’ response to the Alberta Government’s announcement about its intention to create Recovery Alberta has complicated ongoing negotiations for a new Provincial Collective Agreement with United Nurses of Alberta. #ableg #abhealth

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Strong statement from HSAA - Union of Health-Care Professionals (union for 29k Addictions Counsellors, Mental Health Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Paramedics, and other staff) that addiction care is health care and much more is needed to address record levels of drug deaths in Alberta 👇🏻 #ableg

“Seeing them cherry-pick small pieces of data to try to validate that claim was so offensive as they disregard the big number,” said Gallaway, responding to the claim that the Alberta recovery model is successful.

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“The truth is opening for-profit surgical centres doesn’t create more surgeons, nurses or other health care workers. It simply pulls more out of our public hospitals, reducing our overall surgical capacity. Data from has repeatedly shown that privatization is a failing strategy.”

“There is no recovery if you are dead.”

Yesterday, we joined HSAA - Union of Health-Care Professionals to call on the AB government to change course on its ideological abstinence-only approach to the deadly drug poisoning crisis which is claiming 1,800+ lives a year.

Watch the clip:
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WATCH: Critics are calling on the province to abandon its addictions and mental health strategy. Chelan Skulski explains why. edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video/c2897939…

We are asking this government to broaden its scope for addiction care to include the whole spectrum of treatment options and end the patchwork and gaps of harm reduction services across the province.
#abhealth #ableg

“The Premier and the Minister continue to tout the success of their so-called Alberta Recovery Model, yet still refuse calls to release any data or information that would validate their claims.

Meanwhile the data we DO know is that record numbers of Albertans are dying.”

#BREAKING : I was obviously not alone in being utterly astounded at statements made by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Tuesday, when she said addiction deaths in Alberta “are trending in the right direction.”

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This morning HSAA - The Health Sciences Association of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The toxic drug supply crisis is killing the size of a small town every year and pushing our health-care professionals to their limits.
Something must change so we are preventing overdoses and not just responding to them.
#abhealth #ableg