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Alberta health minister to decentralize AHS: mandate letterDanielle Smith wants to see “a willingness to reform the management and structure of Alberta Health Services to better decentralize decision-making and resources.”HealthJul 18, 2023
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Dr. John Cowell’s contract extended as sole administrator of Alberta Health ServicesDr. John Cowell will continue to serve as the sole administrator of Alberta Health Services for the remainder of 2023.PoliticsJun 23, 2023
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Dynalife contract talks break down as Calgarians continue to wait for lab servicesThe breakdown in contract talks with Dynalife could cause further delays for treatment-related testing for Calgarians like Leslie Boyer.CanadaApr 20, 2023
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HSAA disputes UCP ‘Alberta Health Services is not in crisis’ claim; requests EMS dataThe Alberta health-care workers union is challenging the provincial government's claims that AHS is no longer in crisis, especially EMS.HealthMar 9, 2023
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Registered nurses to help with low-severity, non-urgent EMS calls in AlbertaAlbertans transferred to EMS after calling 911 could be transferred to a registered nurse at HealthLink 811 if their medical concerns are not severe or not urgent.CanadaFeb 2, 2023
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Thousands of Edmonton ambulance shifts unstaffed in 2022: provincial dataFrom January to October, there have been an average of nearly 54 vacant paramedic shifts per day.CanadaJan 10, 2023
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Alberta NDP slams United Conservative Party for health centre closuresRecent data from AHS showed most of the reductions happened in rural communities such as Peace River, Rocky Mountain House and Sundre.HealthAug 10, 2022
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‘They’ve thrown excuses’: Alberta health experts concerned over hallway medicine directiveThe directive was a short-term effort to support emergency department volumes and move admitted patients to designated units, according to Alberta Health Services.HealthAug 4, 2022
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AHS employees represented by HSAA approve contract with 4.25% pay hike over 4 yearsHSAA members, who include respiratory therapists, lab workers, paramedics, mental health professionals and others, voted 85 per cent agreed to accept the tentative agreement.HealthJul 29, 2022
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Frequent code reds, high levels of ambulance strain in Edmonton region: AHS dataIn January 2020, there were 18 red alerts resulting in no ambulances for less than one hour. Two years later, there were 1,233 code reds resulting in 40 hours of no ambulances.HealthJul 18, 2022
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