Acute Care

• Alberta health care worker speaks out about AHS changes

  Last year the Alberta's United Conservative government announced it would be restructuring health care in the province.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2024
  
• New ER for addictions, mental health a possibility as LHSC drafts long-term master plan

  Details of the possible changes come as LHSC works to finalize a master plan blueprinting how it will deliver care over the coming decades.

  Health

  Nov 24, 2022
  
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• KHSC CEO says new long-term care rules will affect very few patients in hospital

  'For most patients, it won't have any effect,' said Dr. David Pichora, Kingston Health Sciences Centre president and CEO of new Ontario rules aimed at freeing up acute care beds.

  Health

  Sep 21, 2022
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• How one seniors care home is finding solutions to pandemic staffing shortages

  As sickness from COVID-19 loomed, the CEO of one of the largest seniors’ care campuses in B.C. was trying to keep 700 residents alive, including her husband,

  Features

  Feb 26, 2022
• B.C. to phase out private contracts in acute care facilities around the province

  Workers employed by private contractors that provide housekeeping and food services at acute health-care facilities in B.C. will have their employment returned to the government.

  Health

  Aug 30, 2021
• Kingston’s Providence Care set to open new 30-bed transitional care unit this fall

  Providence Care is readying to open a new transitional care centre meant to help patients move from acute care back into their homes. A new 30-bed unit is slated to open this fall.

  Health

  Aug 24, 2021
• Alberta Health Services says hospital bed closures no cause for alarm

  Deb Gordon, who is the chief operating officer for AHS, says more than 98 per cent of beds in acute and emergency care are available provincewide.

  Health

  Jul 23, 2021
• 36 new inpatient beds opening at Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital

  Plans are underway to open 36 permanent acute care inpatient beds at Royal University Hospital for those admitted through the emergency department.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2019
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• Ross Memorial Hospital receives $1.46M boost to tackle holiday, flu patient surge

  The one-time funding will address capacity and support patients during an expected surge in patients over the holidays.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2018
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• N.B. government releases first report of upcoming Family Plan

  The New Brunswick government has released the first report pertaining to their upcoming Family Plan. The report focuses on increasing access to acute and primary care, one of seven priority areas identified.

  Health

  Apr 27, 2017