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On Thursday, Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) CEO Andrew Will commented on the advantages of the Capacity Pressure Action Plan (CPAP) implemented in community health to help patients flow to where they need to be in the health care system.

Measles cases popping up across several provinces, including one case in Saskatoon in January, is prompting the Saskatchewan Health Authority to remind the public to get vaccinated. Mackenzie Mazankowski has more.

Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN ) president Tracy Zambory said on Tuesday, “The Saskatoon action plans put out by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) are old promises and they have not translated to the front lines making the plans abysmal failures.”

Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor’s report landed in the legislative assembly on Wednesday, highlighting some of the province’s most concerning industries.

Saskatchewan’s Provincial Auditor Tara Clemett said on Wednesday, “The Saskatchewan Health Authority definitely needs to do a lessons learned report because we hope these failure don’t repeat and cost as much money as this has.”

The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced the Saskatoon Capacity Pressure Action Plan to target hospital capacity in the city on Tuesday.

Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Andrew Will and Saskatoon Integrated Health vice-president John Ash outlined their plan to ease pressure on the Saskatoon’s health-care employees and the city’s healthcare capacity woes.

Family members of Regina Lutheran Home (RLH) residents criticized a decision by Eden Care and Saskatchewan Health Authority to close the specialized care facility as the building approaches “the end of its lifespan.”

Regina residents are disappointed after learning the Eden Care Communities (ECC), on behalf of the Regina Lutheran Home (RLH), has made the business decision to end its long-term care services agreement with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) effective April 11, 2024.

The Warman Primary Health Centre will be open next week with the Saskatchewan Health Authority saying the health services will be offered by nurse practitioners. Easton Hamm has the details.

Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) CEO Andrew Will said on Wednesday the opening of the center reflects the SHA’s mission to make quality health care services available to all residents. He added that the vision continues with introducing services in the neighbouring community of Martensville.

According to new Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) data, Saskatchewan has the worst surgical wait times in Canada.

The Saskatchewan government and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) have outlined their budget for 2023-24 and it includes nearly $5 billion in funding.

Saskatchewan Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab responded on Tuesday to emails sent by his office to the Saskatchewan government from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) warning of a health care system collapse if restrictions were not restored. When asked what if the province did too little, too late, Shahab said: “it is difficult for...

Mask restrictions are lifted at Saskatchewan Health Authority facilities across Saskatchewan today (Tuesday). Victoria Idowu has more.

Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) Paramedic David Dyck spoke on Wednesday following a town hall meeting in Oxbow, Sask. to designate Galloway Health Centre Emergency Services as a hospital. Dyck said that the availability of Galloway’s emergency services could make a 30-minute trip two minutes, which in some cases is between life and death.

Flu season is hitting hard this year, with the number of cases way up in Saskatchewan.

According to the provincial auditor, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is projecting a shortage of 2,200 “hard-to-recruit” health-care workers over the next five years.

COVID-19 cases across Saskatchewan are up — and once again we are seeing an uptick of cases in long-term care homes. On Monday the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced new restrictions on visitation in Regina, effective immediately.

‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson joins Saskatchewan Health Authority Chief Medical Officer Dr. Susan Shaw to discuss what she calls a crisis in the province’s health-care system. Saskatchewan is seeing record-setting hospitalizations in a Delta variant-fuelled fourth wave, and Shaw doesn’t see a plateau coming in the near future. She is hopeful the newly...