What is the Premier doing to retain wildland firefighters in Alberta? What is the UCP doing to ensure rural communities have the support they need to be safe and protected? #abpoli #ableg #abfire

'Ideology before practicality'.

Pot. Kettle. Black.

When will the UCP start listening to experts? Doctors understand the system and argued for a more rational distribution of one time support payments. We need to support all physicians providing primary care. edmontonjournal.com/news/overruled…

The UCP are either planning to destroy Alberta Universities, or again, they are just incompetent.

Danielle Smith’s mantra is consistently that governments shouldn’t meddle in areas that they don’t belong in.

So why is she trying to practice medicine without a license by dictating how Alberta physicians can treat patients?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Eid Mubarak, Alberta!

Will the Minister just say what everyone is thinking: that they will need to wait for the next NDP government to build a hospital? #abpoli #ableg

New report from the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate.

Children should not be dying in care.

So the primary care crisis, and lack of really acting on it, is now the fault of the Alberta Medical Association according to Lagrange.🤯

The health minister insists that doctors were consulted about the new funding plan, but she fails to note that she chose not to take their advice. Her plan doesn't account for the many reasons a doctor may see fewer patients but still need support.

If we want to have enough…

UCP REFUSES ALBERTA NDP CALL FOR EMERGENCY DEBATE ON HEALTH CARE CRISIS

EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Critic for Health, Dr. Luanne Metz, was disappointed by the UCP’s refusal to debate the growing health care crisis, the most urgent issue of the day.

“Danielle Smith and the UCP are…

Medical students from UCalgaryMedicine and UAlberta Med & Dent were at the legislature today to advocate for the urgent implementation of solutions to the crisis in primary care today. Well done!

Review their suggestions below.

Note, choosing rural family medicine has even more…

Mental health IS health.

So is:
- harm reduction,
- detox and treatment,
- food, housing and income security,
- decent work and pay,
- early childhood development

#WorldHealthDay2024 #SDOH

I totally agree with Jon Meddings on great leadership. The best leader will build a strong diverse team and assure they get the most/ best out of their team. That means encouraging all kinds of opinions.

Leaders who are too arrogant to recognize that they don’t know what they…

I recommend this thread from David Shepherd

The UCP are hiding the truth.

We do need access to treatment. But without the wrap around care needed, which they do not support, people will continue to die. Treatment is also not useful if people are discharged back to the same…

The UCP is not helping the family doctors who provide complex care.

We need doctors to care for people with complex conditions.

We need family doctors to care for patients in long term care.

The role of a family doctor is not only office practice.

The method used to determine a family doctors panel size (number they provide care to) is very flawed. For example if you have not seen your doctor in a while you don’t count as their patient.

Don’t you feel fortunate to feel you have a doctor when you need them? Yet the way…

The UCP have a fake plan to help. They are not building the teams we need. They are not supporting doctors except in a performative way that won’t actually move towards a solution.

It is totally bogus that the government are supporting family docs and therefore you are increasingly unlikely to be without a doctor.

John MD lays out the numbers.

This UCP government has done that with everything.

It’s like stealing 10 of your kids’ Easter chocolates…

Great piece from Dr. Luanne Metz.

“There was nothing in the 2024-25 budget or strategic plan to retain paramedics by providing the professional support needed. We need to take better care of our first responders.

Because we are only as safe as our EMS.” #ableg