OTTAWA – The government of Canada announced nearly $7 million in funding to enable YMCA Canada to scale up and expand the “Y Mind” and “Mind Medicine” mental health programs for youths across Canada. The programs are intended for young people aged 13-30 years of age who are experiencing mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression and aim to support the development of effective coping skills and improvements to participants’ overall well-being.
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HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government is preparing an ambitious healthcare infrastructure plan that will add more beds, operating rooms and emergency departments across the Halifax Regional Municipality, but it comes without a final price tag or even a cost estimate.
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QUÉBEC CITY – The Quebec government presented the content of a bill to modernize access to patient health data. The plan is to be more transparent and better share information between health professionals. Bill 3, “An Act respecting health and social services information and amending various legislative provisions,” will let patients more easily consult their health file, know who had access to their information and decide if they want to share that information with other professionals. It is a slightly modified version of Bill 19, which was presented last year and died on the order paper before it could be adopted.
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VICTORIA – A review of British Columbia’s COVID-19 response released last week says despite being unprepared for the pandemic, the province showed “resilience, balance and nimbleness” during the emergency. That’s despite nearly 75 percent of the people surveyed as part of the independent review reporting they didn’t trust information coming from the government.
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EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (pictured) dismissed the board of the province’s health authority last week and replaced its members with a single administrator whose focus will be on developing a long-term plan for healthcare reform, improving ambulance response times and decreasing wait times for emergency rooms and surgeries.
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OTTAWA – Throughout the week of November 14, radiologists from across the country gathered in Ottawa to meet with Members of Parliament, Senators and government officials to reiterate their call for major federal investments to improve access to medical imaging in Canada.
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TORONTO – Digital Health Canada has unveiled the first phase of a new online resource of available provincial and territorial digital health strategies from across Canada. This free resource gives digital health professionals a single point of reference for access to regional strategic plans and priorities.
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ST. JOHN’S, NL – Proposed legislation to create a single health authority for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador was introduced earlier this month in the House of Assembly. If passed, the new Provincial Health Authority Act will facilitate the integration of the existing four health authorities and the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) into one entity.
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VICTORIA – British Columbia has announced a wide-ranging program of investments in the healthcare sector’s human resources. The strategy aims to address shortages of professionals by ramping up training and education, as well as through the expansion of technologies and services.
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TORONTO – The Ontario government, in partnership with Ontario Health, has approved three new Ontario Health Teams in Northern Ontario that will break down barriers in people’s healthcare to provide connected and more convenient care.
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