EMS Response Times

• Dr. John Cowell’s contract extended as sole administrator of Alberta Health Services

  Dr. John Cowell will continue to serve as the sole administrator of Alberta Health Services for the remainder of 2023.

  Politics

  Jun 23, 2023
  
• HSAA disputes UCP ‘Alberta Health Services is not in crisis’ claim; requests EMS data

  The Alberta health-care workers union is challenging the provincial government's claims that AHS is no longer in crisis, especially EMS.

  Health

  Mar 9, 2023
  
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• Alberta to use shuttles, taxis to transport some patients in effort to improve EMS

  Premier Danielle Smith announced the province-wide program Wednesday to free up ambulances and paramedics so they can respond to emergency calls more quickly. 

  Health

  Dec 21, 2022
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• Consolidation of EMS dispatch did not affect response to fatal dog attack: Alberta health minister

  Health Minister Jason Copping said the call initially came in as non-urgent but emergency responders at the scene quickly saw it was a life-threatening situation.

  Health

  Jun 9, 2022
• Edmonton paramedics sound alarm over ambulance response times

  Some Edmonton paramedics are sounding an alarm over a recent memo to staff that indicates Alberta Health Services does not have a target for EMS response times.

  Health

  Jun 20, 2014