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BC promises $3-million to expand programs that partner police with health care workers

Open this photo in gallery: BC Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Jennifer Whiteside did not provide a specific timeline for when the new programs would be running, but said she anticipated them in a ‘fairly short order.’DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press British Columbia is spending $3-million to expand a program that partners health-care workers with police in mobile teams to respond to mental health-related calls. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said Monday that the program aims to connect people in crisis to the appropriate services in their community, while taking pressure off stretched police resources. “Currently, police have been the…
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More than 300 Filipino health-care workers to fill Manitoba vacancies, province says – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Manitoba government says it’s giving a boost to the province’s health-care system by bringing in more than 300 internationally educated professional workers to fill vacant positions. Health minister Audrey Gordon said Tuesday that almost 90 per cent of the 348 candidates offered for positions during the province’s recent recruitment mission to the Philippines have accepted the gigs. 1:56 ‘A humbling experience’: Manitoba nursing recruitment trip is underway in Philippines “It is so gratifying to see such a high acceptance rate,” Gordon said. Story continues below advertisement “But it’s also humbling to…
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Patient care delayed at Vancouver clinic embroiled in legal battle

Patients continue to flock to the City Center urgent and primary care facility in downtown Vancouver, even though it’s hobbled by complex legal sparring is likely to drag on in the absence of decisive government intervention. The chief medical officer for Seymour Health says at least 50 patients a day are sent to hospitals or other diagnostic facilities for X-rays, ultrasounds and lab work – services they used to be able to get on site – amid a legal battle with the Vancouver Coastal Health. “What we’re hoping for is a resolution that will allow us to apply our full…
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Comparing health care costs at Utah hospitals, the patient rights group finds transparency problems

We just got out of our open enrollment period at The Tribune, and I wasn’t especially happy with what I saw this year. To The Tribune’s credit, our health insurance plan premiums didn’t rise. But everything else was bad news. You see, the deductible rose significantly — by 66% year-over-year. And just as bad, the amount of each procedure our insurance would pay for dropped by 10 percentage points, nearly across the board. Not great, Bob. I tell you this is not to try to garner sympathy, but out of empathy for you all. It turned out most Americans, like…
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Health care should remain top priority for premiers amid ER crunch: groups – National

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 5, 2023 6:51 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Medical Association and 14 other organizations representing health workers are urgent premiers to keep health care at the top of the agenda at their next meeting in July. The provincial and territorial leaders met several times last year to compare notes on the health-care crisis and call on the federal government to give them more money to fix it. In February, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a deal that would see Ottawa give $196 billion for the Canada Health…