Alberta Surgery Wait Times

• Alberta government to inject $312M to expand surgical capacity this year

  The Province of Alberta said new money will add 20,000 more surgeries in 2023-24 and help Alberta Health Services reach its goal of 310,000 surgeries over the next 12 months.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2023
  
• Alberta NDP calls on Premier Danielle Smith to come clean on pursuing health-care user fees

  Alberta's health minister says he is not pursuing user-pay changes to the publicly funded system, but the Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith needs to be clear on that.

  Politics

  Nov 21, 2022
  
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• New orthopedic centre in Edmonton to relieve surgical wait times

  The new orthopedic surgery centre will receive public funding through its contract with AHS. Officials estimate up to 8,000 surgeries will be scheduled every year.

  Health

  Nov 12, 2022
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• Surgeries delayed by COVID-19 in Alberta expected to be completed by 2023

  At the height of the first wave, when hundreds of people were being treated in hospital for COVID-19, roughly 60 per cent fewer operations were performed in Alberta than normal.

  Health

  Mar 5, 2021
• Alberta to expand use of privately run day clinics to ramp up surgeries by 150%

  Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the province will expand the 43 chartered surgical facilities that already contract with Alberta Health Services and the call is going out for new proposals as well.

  Health

  Sep 11, 2020
• Alberta health-care advocates warn more private surgeries could drive up costs

  One day after the Alberta government proposed a new bill that would accelerate approvals of private clinics in order to get more surgeries done, people in the health sector are reacting to how the process could affect health care across the province.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2020
• Alberta to streamline approvals for new private clinics to boost surgeries

  The Alberta government is proposing legislation that would accelerate approvals of private clinics in order to get more surgeries done.

  Health

  Jul 6, 2020
• Albertans waiting longer for cataract surgery than 4 years ago: report

  Just 58 per cent of Albertans waiting for cataract surgery are getting their procedure done within the medically accepted wait time of 112 days.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2017