Health Sciences Association Of Alberta

• Dynalife contract talks break down as Calgarians continue to wait for lab services

  The breakdown in contract talks with Dynalife could cause further delays for treatment-related testing for Calgarians like Leslie Boyer.

  Canada

  Apr 20
  
• 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
  
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• Registered nurses to help with low-severity, non-urgent EMS calls in Alberta

  Albertans 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.

  Canada

  Feb 2
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• Thousands of Edmonton ambulance shifts unstaffed in 2022: provincial data

  From January to October, there have been an average of nearly 54 vacant paramedic shifts per day.

  Canada

  Jan 10
• Alberta NDP slams United Conservative Party for health centre closures

  Recent data from AHS showed most of the reductions happened in rural communities such as Peace River, Rocky Mountain House and Sundre.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2022
• ‘They’ve thrown excuses’: Alberta health experts concerned over hallway medicine directive

  The directive was a short-term effort to support emergency department volumes and move admitted patients to designated units, according to Alberta Health Services.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2022
• AHS employees represented by HSAA approve contract with 4.25% pay hike over 4 years

  HSAA members, who include respiratory therapists, lab workers, paramedics, mental health professionals and others, voted 85 per cent agreed to accept the tentative agreement.

  Health

  Jul 29, 2022
• Frequent code reds, high levels of ambulance strain in Edmonton region: AHS data

  In 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.

  Health

  Jul 18, 2022
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• Data shows Alberta’s emergency medical services in crisis: NDP

  The Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services quarterly dashboard from early April shows ambulance response times in urban areas got progressively worse in the past year.

  Health

  May 11, 2022
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• ‘We’re on our knees’: Alberta EMS union says system on the verge of collapse

  In a tweet on Monday morning, the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) reported that 40 emergency calls in Calgary were waiting for an ambulance to be dispatched on May 3.

  Health

  May 9, 2022