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AHS staff face job terminations and transfer offers in midst of health-care overhaul
19 Mar 2024 23:27 GMT
Health-care staff are now being shifted from Alberta Health Services to the provincial health department as the province forges ahead with its controversial and sweeping restructuring plans.
The Alberta government announced its intention late last year to …
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Health-care overhaul can’t stay on hold
22 Jan 2024 13:46 GMT
… uphill battle following the problematic health-care overhaul initiated by the previous Progressive …
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'Scranton values or Mar-a-Lago values': Biden hits Trump on taxes in battleground Pennsylvania
16 Apr 2024 09:45 GMT
… against the sweeping Obama-era health care overhaul, colloquially known as Obamacare, largely …
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Smith expecting health-care overhaul to produce results 'very soon': Year-end interview
22 Dec 2023 22:00 GMT
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In her year-end interview with Postmedia, Premier Smith also talked about Alberta's push for a provincial pension plan, the province's relationship with Ottawa, and opening up the Alberta Bill of Rights
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'It's extremely painful': Former cancer patient advocates for better access to reconstructive surgeries
15 Apr 2024 12:18 GMT
… AHS, creating new agencies in health care overhaul
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EDITORIAL: Health care overhaul misses the real point
26 Nov 2023 21:26 GMT
A revised framework could possibly bring about needed changes, but an expensive and time-consuming overhaul isn’t necessary to do so.
Alberta’s health system has required care for some time now, although it’s hard to see the restructuring announced by …
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Opinion: Health-care overhaul must focus on frontlines, not bureaucracy
22 Nov 2023 20:19 GMT
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A nurse speaks with a patient at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. Photo by Larry Wong /Postmedia
Walking past the hallways of our hospital wards and emergency departments these days, one cannot fail to …
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Opinion: Alberta's health-care overhaul must include input from the front lines
17 Nov 2023 19:04 GMT
Here we stand on the precipice of yet another health-care revolution, reminiscent of the transformative days back in 1995 when premier Ralph Klein initiated health-care reforms in Alberta. As a seasoned emergency physician who commenced his career during …
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Alberta breaking up AHS, creating new agencies in health care overhaul
16 Nov 2023 20:39 GMT
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks on the government's plan to decentralize the province's health care provider at a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 8. DAVID BLOOM/POSTMEDIA
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Nova Scotia opens key facility in its major health-care overhaul for Halifax area
15 Nov 2023 18:18 GMT
HALIFAX — A key component of Nova Scotia's massive health-care redevelopment plan is complete, with the official opening of a community outpatient centre in suburban Halifax.
HALIFAX — A key component of Nova Scotia's massive health-care …