Rural Alberta Doctors

• Alberta commits $1M to explore feasibility of new training hubs to address rural doctor shortage

  Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides and Health Minister Jason Copping announced plans Thursday to look at offering more training in different areas of the province.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2023
  
• Temporary closures at Milk River Health Centre’s emergency department because of ‘physician absence’

  Alberta Health Services said the emergency department at the Milk River Health Centre is seeing temporary closures due to “physician absence."

  Health

  Dec 29, 2020
  
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• New rules could change when and how Alberta doctors can resign

  The proposed new standards of practice come after concerns that some doctors were leaving rural Alberta over an ongoing contract dispute with the province.

  Health

  Oct 12, 2020
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• NDP accuse Health Minister Tyler Shandro of lying about how many physicians planned to leave Alberta

  The NDP claims Health Minister Tyler Shandro lied to Albertans when he said rural physicians were not signalling their intent to leave the province over his decision to terminate their master agreement.

  Health

  Oct 1, 2020
• 8 rural Alberta doctors resign from Sundre hospital, more to follow suit amid dispute with UCP: NDP

  Opposition NDP Health Critic David Shepherd said the UCP government needs to immediately work with doctors to establish another contract through binding arbitration. 

  Health

  Jul 1, 2020
• Alberta government claims removing 141 communities from rural program list was an ‘oversight’

  The provincial government claims an oversight led to 141 communities being removed from Alberta's Rural Remote Northern Program, according to a statement released Sunday.

  Politics

  Apr 26, 2020
• Alberta health minister announces changes to rural health-care funding

  Alberta's health minister announced changes Friday afternoon he says will improve health-care services offered in rural Alberta.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2020
• Doctors in at least 44 rural Alberta communities to reduce services: survey

  A group of rural doctors says 44 Alberta communities will be directly affected by recent government changes to the way physicians can bill for services.

  Health

  Apr 20, 2020
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• Rural Alberta clinic withdraws hospital services after physician pay changes during pandemic

  A medical clinic in a small Alberta town is withdrawing some services from their local hospital, a move that doctors in other small towns are considering.

  Health

  Apr 4, 2020