Government has heard the distress call but the rescue awaits. Read today’s President’s Letter on the AMA website: albertadoctors.org/services/media…

This is a good, good thing. Ontario needs to open one of these centers every day for a year to address the primary care gap.

This is fantastic.

CBC producer Ryan Garland and I spent a week following around health care staff at hospitals with North Shore Health Network. We produced this doc to about the challenge keeping the doors of the E-Rs open. #onpoli A thread about what we learned. 🧵1/9 youtube.com/watch?v=KsB1fM…

Three failed privatization experiments These Canadian provinces tried fixing wait times using private clinics, and failed bchealthcoalition.ca/failed_privati…

Emerg physicians across the province are warning the system will NOT hold. Govt MUST act. A 🧵 on the current unacceptable state of our acute care system Some examples of our current crumbling hospital system: /1 edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…

We can provide #PrimaryCare to every Ontarian for the price of two hospitals. To reform primary care, immediate investment and policy action are needed from our provincial political leaders, by Danielle Martin Jane Philpott Dr. Sarita Verma (She/Her) ottawacitizen.com/opinion/martin… via Ottawa Citizen

Outlets like Toronto Star play a part. The vast majority of people don't need care on any given day, so they're much more likely to click on Olympics or American political drama or something. Popular will needs popular attention, so maybe throw in a few cm2 on your home page?

1/20 🧵BC NDP bet big on Urgent and Primary Care Centres (UPCCs). Critics say they're expensive, horribly managed, and don't deliver what they promised. I reviewed the govt's own data, obtained via FOI. The critics are right. Strap in. Full details at takingaction.ca/upcc/

WATCH: After fighting to see an oncologist for almost three months, Steven Wong died of cancer. Chelan Skulski has his story. edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video/c2976801…

Gun Violence in Canada: July 2024 There isn't a day goes by without somebody being shot in Canada. The media reports firearm injuries and death as a result of criminal activity but for every one of these deaths, there are two gun related suicides per day.

The daily decisions to board admitted patients in the ER aren't just dangerous—but deadly. We're talking #manyliveslost. This pandemic of #EDcrowding violates the Canada Health Act's accessibility promise! We need urgent change now. doi.org/10.1007/s43678… Canadian Medical Association CAEP

Wealthier Ontarians more likely to receive publicly funded cataract surgeries in private clinics: study — by Kunal Chaudhary #onhealth #onpoli tvo.org/article/wealth…

Taxpayer-funded for-profit clinics are keeping separate wait-lists for people who are willing to pay extra versus those who aren’t: “That allows them to sell, essentially, the ability to jump the line,” says study author Dr. Robert Campbell #onpoli #ONhealth

As Gillian Steward states, AHS was a leader in Canada before the UCP demolition. Lets take a minute to remember what was working & what wasn't. The gutting of AHS was *absolutely* political but #healthcare crises are everywhere and crises have many determinants. 1/20🧵

A social media post from the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is gaining traction online after saying 41 patients at St. Paul’s emergency department are without ward beds trib.al/SUKC8Mv

Did you hear Danielle Smith wants to privatize your local hospital? She wants to take hospitals away from AHS and hand them over to other people to run. Maybe Covenant Health, maybe someone else. Nobody knows. Remember, the UCP privatized lab services in 2020 and it was a

While publicly funded healthcare in Canada is not perfect, every day thousands get care that works. This never makes headlines and it should not either. It is not all nihilistic. It’s a system worth saving.

Possibly the biggest rollback of public health insurance in Canadian history gets underway in Alberta with barely a peep of protest albertapolitics.ca/2024/08/possib… David Climenhaga Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

THIS IS EXCELLENT REPORTING